[1] Published by Penguin India, the book alleges that Singh was not entirely in control of his cabinet—or even the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

Instead, significant power was wielded by the Congress party's president Sonia Gandhi, to whom Singh was completely "subservient".

"[4] Baru told The Indian Express, "most of the book is positive [about the PM]" and that he wrote it mainly because Singh "has become an object of ridicule, not admiration.

[3] Spokespersons of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the chief opposition party, posed a series of questions to Singh and Sonia Gandhi on the basis of The Accidental Prime Minister's revelations, "did the PM refuse to take daily briefings from intelligence agencies and did this not have a bearing on our security situation?

"[7] A film adaptation of the book with Anupam Kher portraying the role of Manmohan Singh was released on 11 January 2019.