Former president APJ Abdul Kalam has maintained that the Supreme Court had upheld the citizenship of Congress President Sonia Gandhi she was ‘constitutionally eligible’ to be the Prime Minister of the country. "I have said already in the book because Constitutionally Supreme Court says that she (Sonia Gandhi) is a citizen. So, constitutionally if the majority party says she should be appointed. But she did not... she put Manmohan Singhji. There is no controversy in my mind," he said.
The response came after the former President attacked for his remarks in his book 'Turning Points' in which he mentioned that he was ready to extend his support to Sonia Gandhi to swear in as the Prime Minister in 2004 despite opposition from various political circles.
Kalam's stand on the political situation after the Lok Sabha elections lifted the veil on an episode that has been intensely speculated upon that he was reluctant to appoint Sonia Gandhi as the Prime Minister.
The former President says in the book that he was almost certain that Sonia Gandhi would head the Congress-led UPA government but Rashtrapati Bhavan had to rework the appointment letter after the Congress President refused to be the PM and nominated Manmohan Singh instead.
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