"He convinced President Bush that backing the deal, at home and abroad, was in America's interest too. He went to Trombay and addressed scientists.
He went to Washington DC and addressed Congress.
He reached out to China and Pakistan, softening their resistance. He spoke repeatedly in Parliament, at length and emphatically, and courted public opinion," the book noted.
Faced with the threat of his resignation if the party failed to support him on the nuclear deal, Sonia buckled. "There was no one else in the party who had his qualities of competence and compliance.
She was certainly not prepared to name Pranab Mukherjee as prime minister or even as deputy prime minister."
