Rahul had also termed the ordinance as "nonsense".
Baru said that when the Congress-led UPA came to power for the second term in 2009, he had advised Singh several times to resign. "Finally, after the incident, I came on television and said he should quit. And I got an sms (text message) from his daughter, 'I agree with you'."
Baru said Singh believed the party?s victory in 2009 Lok Sabha y was his. "I had never seen Singh sit cross-legged. But that day (June 2, 2009) when I went to meet him, he was sitting cross-legged talking about the victory. But no one credited him as the author of that victory. My friend Prithviraj Chavan, whom Singh brought in as minister of state (PMO), told a news channel the credit went to Rahul Gandhi," he added.
Baru, however, did not name which of the two Singh's daughters wanted him to quit. Talking about his book, Baru said that it was an analysis of a very unique experiment in Indian politics. "It worked for five years. It stopped working for the next five years," he said.
Baru noted that model of the head of government (Prime Minister) reporting to the party head was dead. "Jyoti Basu as chief minister would daily report to the party general secretary Pranab Dasgupta. He stopped after Dasgupta passed away. The only other party where it worked was when Manohar Joshi was chief minister of Maharashtra who reported to Bal Thackeray, the Shiv Sena chief," he said.
"Not because both Rahul and Priyanka are Indians but Indian politics too has moved on. Indians want a credible leadership," he added, remarking that the institution of prime minister got weak during Singh's tenure.
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