The Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi

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There are many good reasons why there should be a new book on Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination. Dr. Subramanian Swamy explains in the preface some of these reasons. Even after the Supreme Court verdict on sentences on the persons accused of killing Rajiv Gandhi there remains an area which the judiciary understandably has left untouched. It is the political accountability of a host of parties and individuals which needs to be probed Dr. Swamy is only urging this. Apart from being a live-wire politician, Dr. Swamy has been in a unique position to have an insight into Indian politics. It is thus that this book reveals his proximity to both Chandrashekhar, who became Prime Minister after the BJP-supported V.P. Singh Government fell, and to Rajiv Gandhi whose Congress propped up the new government. He was thus privy to many secrets between Chandrashekhar and Rajiv, apart from the benefit as a Cabinet Minister he derived talking to deep throats. The claim of this book is not to reveal who killed Rajiv. The author is happy with the Supreme Court upholding the prosecution case stewarded by the Special Investigation Team. The question he raises is that perhaps all those who should have been punished have not been in the dock. And, most of them are not an offshore entity like the LTTE. If they are Indian political groups or individuals, including some belonging to Rajiv’s own Congress party, it would remain a moot question whether retribution has been done by only convicting the LTTE activists.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Subramanian Swamy

Subramanian Swamy is essentially an academician. His journey into politics has positioned him where he is heard nationally. His academic achievements and political endeavours combine to make him an extraordinary public figure who has few peers in India today. He is known for forceful presentation of his views, and often years later has been vindicated. As fellow academician Dr. Manmohan Singh has publicly declared, Dr. Swamy advocated economic reforms and nuclear weapons long before anyone else did in India. Dr. Swamy has been elected Member of Parliament five times (1974-99) and held Cabinet position in the Union Government twice(1990-91 and 1994-96). Born on September 15, 1939, Dr. Swamy was awarded in 1964 a Doctorate in Economics by the Harvard University after his joint research with two Nobel Laureates Paul A. Samuelson and Simon Kuznets. Later he joined the faculty at Harvard and taught economics for about ten years. He was also Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (1969-91), from which post he resigned upon becoming Union Commerce & Law Minister. He is now President of Janata Party, founded by Jayaprakash Narayan in 1977.

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Title
The Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8122005918
Length
ix+317p., 21cm.
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