New Delhi (AFP) - A tell-all book by an ex-aide to India's Premier Manmohan Singh depicting him as a powerless political puppet hit bookstores this weekend, stirring new controversy in the midst of a bitterly fought election.
The book, giving ammunition to opposition critics during the marathon vote that winds up May 12, paints a damning portrait of a premier who was in office -- but "not in power" -- while ruling Congress party president Sonia Gandhi called the shots.
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