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Congress person Rahul Gandhi connected Tuesday (February 10, 2026) cited a December 2023 societal media station by erstwhile service main M.M. Naravane informing radical that his publication is "available now" to rebut steadfast Penguin Random House India's connection that the 'memoir' has not yet been published.
Mr. Gandhi said helium believes the connection of the erstwhile service main implicit Penguin.
Speaking with reporters successful the Parliament House complex, Mr. Gandhi work retired Mr. Naravane's societal media station connected X (then Twitter), which said, "Hello friends. My publication is disposable now. Just travel the link. Happy reading. Jai Hind."
"This is the tweet Mr. Naravane has made. The constituent I americium making is that either Mr. Naravane is lying, and I judge the (former) Army chief, I don't deliberation helium volition lie, oregon Penguin is lying. Both cannot beryllium telling the truth," the Leader of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha said.
"Penguin is saying the publication is not published. The publication is disposable connected Amazon. Gen Naravane has tweeted, arsenic I conscionable work to you, that delight bargain my book. He tweeted this successful 2023. Do you judge Penguin implicit Mr Naravane? I judge Mr. Naravane," Mr. Gandhi said.
The Congress person said Mr. Naravane has made definite statements successful the publication that are "inconvenient" for the authorities and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"Obviously, you person to determine whether Penguin is telling the information oregon the (former) Army main is telling the truth. That is the issue," helium added.
Pointing to a poster Opposition MPs were carrying adjacent the Makar Dwar of Parliament during their protest, which work 'Narender Surrender', Mr. Gandhi said this has happened, and the Indo-US commercialized woody happened due to the fact that of this.
Penguin Random House India (PRHI) has said it holds the exclusive publishing rights to erstwhile Army main General Manoj Mukund Mr. Naravane's memoir titled Four Stars of Destiny, and clarified that the publication has not yet been published, amid reports of unauthorised copies successful circulation.
The clarification came aft the Delhi Police registered an FIR implicit the alleged amerciable circulation of the manuscript successful integer and different formats.
In a connection issued connected Monday (February 9, 2026), the publishing location clarified that nary copies of the publication — either successful people oregon integer signifier — person been released to the public.
"Penguin Random House India would similar to clarify that we clasp the sole publishing rights for the publication 'Four Stars of Destiny', a memoir by General Manoj Mukund Mr. Naravane, erstwhile Chief of the Indian Army. We privation to marque it wide that the publication has not gone into publication,” the steadfast said successful a statement.
It further said that nary copies of the publication "in people oregon integer signifier — person been published, distributed, sold, oregon different made disposable to the public" by the company.
The steadfast besides warned that immoderate mentation of the publication presently circulating, whether successful afloat oregon successful portion and successful immoderate format, including print, PDF oregon online copies, would magnitude to copyright infringement.
