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Did Rajiv Gandhi Open Babri Masjid's Locks?

A revealing excerpt from Mani Shankar Aiyar's fascinating new book, The Rajiv I Knew.

'Rajiv is not to be blamed, but Congress is to be blamed'

Mani Shankar Aiyar says the Congress party and not then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was responsible for unlocking the Babri Masjid gates and claimed that the "Bharatiya Janata Party-planted" Arun Nehru was behind it.

Mufti saab formed govt with BJP after assurance on Art 370: Mehbooba

Mufti said her father Sayeed was not power hungry and wanted to deliver Jammu and Kashmir from its problems and troubles.

When A President Disliked A PM

How could a President, seen as a political time-server, have manoeuvred things to a stage where he could strike fear into the heart of a prime minister who, only two-and-a-half years before, had been elected with the largest majority in history?

Avid woman mountaineer perishes in Nepal avalanche

Her passion for mountaineering knew no bounds but it ended in a tragedy when she perished in the avalanche triggered by the earthquake in Nepal during her maiden attempt to scale Mount Everest.

'The Gandhis have swallowed their pride for now and deflected the attention to Kharge'

'Gehlot is right now doing things, which are not appreciated by the Gandhis.' 'The Gandhis have realised that their writ does not run in Rajasthan, therefore they have deflected the issue to Kharge.'

What did Ahmed Patel think of Rahul?

'He had differences with Rahul.'

Rahul gets in as a member of Jawahar Bhavan

The Jawahar Bhavan Trust has been reshuffled.

Former Union ministers Arjun Singh, M L Fotedar and Mohsina Kidwai have retired as trustees.

Ahmed Patel, Sonia Gandhi's political secretary, has relinquished the post of secretary to the trust; he remains a trustee.

Congress paves way for Rahul's elevation as party chief in Dec

Party sources said Gandhi is likely to be the sole candidate for the post and is 'deemed to be the next party chief on Dec 5.

How Ahmed Patel became close to Sonia Gandhi

'Temperamentally, they are quite alike.' 'Ahmed Patel avoided the limelight and was not a power seeker.' 'The Gandhis too are not power wielders, but trustees of power.'

I feel proud to be Hindustani Muslim: Azad in RS farewell speech

Congress MP Ghulam Nabi Azad during his retirement speech in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday summed up his more than four-decade-old political career in few Urdu couplets and a brief speech.

The rise and fall of Sheila Dikshit

It is unlikely that Delhi's outgoing chief minister will be able to make a comeback in politics. For her, the innings is truly over, writes Pankaj Vohra.

'Sonia is one of the finest students of the university of life'

'This is a fascinating side to Sonia Gandhi, the way she disarms her opponents.'

Sonia didn't want someone with independent mind as PM: Pawar

Self-styled' loyalists of 10, Janpath convinced Sonia Gandhi that it would be better to back P V Narasimsha Rao in 1991 as prime minister over him as the "Gandhi family was not about to let someone with independent mind" to get the top post, Sharad Pawar has claimed.

Will the Lion win? Or will the Congress's foxes survive?

'The present-day Congress party does not lack leaders who want a Rahul-led Congress to taste electoral success, but wish he fails in his efforts to cleanse the party.'

Sonia didn't want someone with independent mind as PM: Pawar

The NCP chief says, "Self-styled' loyalists of 10, Janpath, convinced Gandhi that it would be better to back Narsimha Rao in 1991 as prime minister over him as the "Gandhi family was not about to let someone with independent mind" to get the top post, Sharad Pawar has claimed.

'Rao overestimated his clout with the RSS'

'He depended too much on assurances given by sadhus and sants. He may not be culpable, but he was wholly responsible for December 6, 1992.' 'While Manmohan Singh came to reforms out of conviction, Rao came to reforms out of compulsion. If the compulsion had not been there, I don't know how he would have responded.'