My book is about conspirators who threw me out -- Jethmalani

My book is about conspirators who threw me out -- Jethmalani
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

NEW DELHI, OCT 15: Bitter over the way he was sacked from the Union cabinet and the way a section of media reported the whole episode, former Law minister Ram Jethmalani plans to present his side of the story through Big Egoes and Small Men, which he says is a book on three conspirators.

"I want to present to the people the whole story in one comapct form. At least, my book will go to those who should read my book - important judges in India and abroad and well-known lawyers - and judge the incident," Jethmalani said, a week before the release of the book.

Asked who were the conspirators, the former Law minister said: "Chief Justice of India A S Anand, Attorney General Soli Sorabjee and Union Minister Arun Jaitley - who played a key role in my ouster from the Cabinet."

Big Egoes and Small Men starts thus - "This book is about an incident in Court No 1 of the Supreme Court of India on 21st July, the likes of which has not smudged ever the copy book of any court in the Commonwealth or the United States."

Narrating sequence of events relating to his differences with Justice Anand over the appointment of Justice (retd) B M Lal as MRTPC chairman, the book accuses the Chief Justice of converting "his administrative fight with the then Law Minister (Jethmalani) into a judicial one by criticising him in open Court."