Hints of Opposition unity for 2019 polls at Pranab's book launch

Sonia indicates Rahul would soon be party chief

At the launch of the third volume of former president Pranab Mukherjee’s autobiography on Friday evening here, leaders of political parties that had constituted the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) 1 government at the Centre in 2004, or supported it from outside, reminisced about the past. But there were also those who flagged the need to come together yet again to face the next Lok Sabha election unitedly at a time when democracy in India and the Constitution were under threat.

‘The Coalition Years 1996 – 2012’, was unveiled on Friday. At the launch, Mukherjee, former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Communist