The Congress on Saturday dubbed the revelations in party leader Margaret Alva’s book as ‘tools’ used to market her book, wondering why enlightenment dawned on her after decades-long political career.
“We live in the new age of marketing. To sell a book, many things are needed to be said and many things are actually said or made to be said, which compromise with history and are economical with truth, or are a new-found definition of facts. The important issue that surprises all of us is — why does this enlightenment come after 30 years of continuation in office and a long career,” Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said.
Ms. Alva said she was “pained” to see attempts to create “controversies” over her book Courage and Commitment , asserting she has not attacked party chief Sonia Gandhi in it.