NEW DELHI:Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an upcoming book says he had no differences with the idea of Aadhar but had a problem with its inadequacies when in April 2014 he had dismissed the biometric ID system as a "political gimmick".
"For them (UPA 2), it was just another scheme.I suggested many ideas,they simply don't want to accept suggestion from Narendra Modi"
President Pranab Mukherjee, sharing his insights on Aadhar in the book, states, "I was not satisfied with merely letting it happen. I was determined to make it happen".
Aiyar interviewed every politician who were key to the project,including tech czar Nandan Nilekani, former Home Minister P. Chidambaram, former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and current Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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