In ‘The Presidential Years’, former President Pranab Mukherjee had written about why India needs more frequent interactions between the executive and the judiciary.
The late ex-president has criticised PM Modi for being ‘autocratic’ in his newly-released memoir. He also said Congress wouldn’t have faced drubbing if he was in active politics.
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Pranab Mukherjee's memoir 'The Presidential Years' is set for a January release. His daughter Sharmistha says no one should try to stop the book's publication for 'any cheap publicity'.
Sonia Gandhi was unable to handle Congress' affairs after I became President in 2012, wrote Mukherjee in his memoir that he had completed before his death last August.
Over 8,000 books, truckloads of documents were part of the former President’s treasure trove found by his daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee at his official residence.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Hasina called Mukherjee a true friend of Bangladesh and urged places of worship of different faiths to arrange special prayers in his honour.
Former President Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to an RSS training camp had created quite a flutter in 2018 because of his Congress roots. But history throws up many such examples.
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Video call between two Army heads is their first interaction after political upheaval in Bangladesh forced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India in August.
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Where distrust is the name of the game, frequent interactions between executive and judiciary will lead to undesirable speculations. The party cadres will go bezique to please half-educated, irresponsible bosses who are willing to stoop down to any levels. All the Ex-Greats merrily advise things which they never did while being in or out of power.
No. The judges should always maintain a respectable distance from the political leaders and the media . Even a casual exchane of courtesy visit by either side will be sufficient for the rumour mills to suspect the integrity and independence of the judiciary and make negative propaganda to unbearable levels.
Where distrust is the name of the game, frequent interactions between executive and judiciary will lead to undesirable speculations. The party cadres will go bezique to please half-educated, irresponsible bosses who are willing to stoop down to any levels. All the Ex-Greats merrily advise things which they never did while being in or out of power.
No. The judges should always maintain a respectable distance from the political leaders and the media . Even a casual exchane of courtesy visit by either side will be sufficient for the rumour mills to suspect the integrity and independence of the judiciary and make negative propaganda to unbearable levels.