The book places the responsibility on Praful Patel and V. Thulasidas, former Air India chairman.
It also says that Praful Patel was aware of Air India's shrinking marketing and yet was giving bilateral rights to foreign airlines.
[1] In November 2013, lawyer Satish Maneshinde filed a criminal defamation lawsuit in Mumbai metropolitan court, on behalf of Praful Patel.
[1][4] Maneshinde told the newspaper DNA India that no pressure was put on the publishers to withdraw the book, but it was the result of the settlement.
Patel also denied pressuring the publishers, but added that he was forced to seek legal recourse as the allegation against him in the book were baseless.