In the 1962 general elections for North Mumbai, Nehru inaugurated an ugly precedent of debasing public discourse only in order to get his Man Friday, V.K. Krishna Menon elected
After India's humiliation at China's hands in 1962, Nehru was a broken man. Instead of resigning owing moral responsibility, he stuck to his power and till the end of his life, he feared that a military coup would unseat him.
