Jaishankar & Ramachandra Guha in blazing 'Do you read?' war; EAM rebuts author's attack

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that he got to kw from VP Men's autobiography that first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru did t want Vallabhbhai Patel in his Cabinet in 1947. Taking a jibe at Jaishankar, historian Ramachandra Guha called it a "myth" and said "besides, promoting fake news about, and false rivalries between builders of modern India is t job of Foreign Minister. He should leave this to BJP’s IT Cell." Jaishankar has w responded.

'Some Foreign Ministers do re books'

Hitting back at Guha, S Jaishankar on Thursday said that "Some Professors should re some books too" and he recommended him book that he released. Replying to Guha's tweet, Jaishankar wrote, "Some Foreign Ministers do re books. Maybe a good habit for some Professors too. In that case, strongly recommend one I released yesterday."

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book 'V.P. Men: Unsung Architect of Modern India' released by Jaishankar is written by historian and analyst Narayani Basu. Basu is great-granddaughter of V.P. Men, a British-era civil servant, who was political reforms commissioner to multiple viceroys. Men played a key role in overseeing Partition and integration of princely states into Indian Union and worked closely with Sardar Patel in period after independence.

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