Why Kalam was Silent for eight years:Sharad Yadav

A day after the revelation from former President APJ Kalam’s book ‘Turning Point’ on Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi, where he wrote that “If Sonia had made any claim for herself, I would have had no option but to appoint her.", when came into limelight, the Janta Dal (U) President Sharad Yadav lashed out at him.

The book has revealed that Kalam would have sworn in Sonia as Prime Minister of India Minister in 2004 without any hesitation even as there was intense political opposition from some quarters on the issue of her foreign origin. He had mentioned about it in the chapter titled 'Controversial Decisions' of his book.

Yadav, who is also the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Convenor said “His (Kalam's) conscience has woken up late. It is for self-aggrandisement. We used to respect him a lot but now are very saddened after such comments.”

JD(U) chief had questioned that as ahead of such an biggest Constitutional post, how can a person be silent for eight years?

In his book,Turning Point,  Kalam also suggested that former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was not keen about his visit to Gujarat following the riots there in 2002.