Sources say, Kalam's office aides are not too delighted with the attention Singh received after his tribute 'Last Eight Hours with Kalam' went viral on the virtual platform. A statement issued by the office said, “Srijan Pal Singh has already been advised to deactivate all Facebook and Twitter accounts in the name of Dr Kalam or in his memory immediately.” V Ponraj, scientific advisor to Kalam said, “The office is not against Singh sharing his experience was a student with Kalam. He has every right to do that. At the same time, he has no right to share things through Kalam's official page in social networking sites. There is an office to take care of it.”
“He was a good student of Kalam. He should share his experience with students and spread Kalam's ideas to the youth. I have worked with Kalam for 20 years, and my job today is to spread his ideas and vision. We have to follow certain rules and should know what to speak and what not,” he said.
In response to the statement, Srijan said, “When he was alive, he authorized me to maintain his pages in social networking sites. I was happy to do that. If the office doesn't want me to do it, I am ready to deactivate them. But they can't ban me from sharing my experience with him to the people. He was my guru and mentor.”
“I co-authored two books with Kalam. We were working on the third one when he died. Kalam was everything to me. I am only talking about my experience with him on my personal capacity. As a private citizen, I think I have every right to do that. No one can stop me,” he said.
