His closeness to the Nehru family begins from Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and culminated and pinnacled during the tenure of in finding out a successor to Rajiv Gandhi.
His closeness to the Nehru family begins from Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and culminated and pinnacled during the tenure of Smt. Karunakaran played the role of King Maker in finding out a successor to Rajiv Gandhi.