Overview
- The book was launched in New Delhi on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at the NASC Complex with former Vice‑President M. Venkaiah Naidu and former PM H. D. Deve Gowda formally releasing the volume.
- Apnapan traces Chouhan’s 35‑year association with Narendra Modi from the 1991 Ekta Yatra through state leadership to joint work in the Union government and stresses leadership, discipline and nation‑building.
- Chouhan uses vivid anecdotes to illustrate early organisational life, including a 1990s episode about leaders not knowing what an email ID was and the Lal Chowk hoisting during the Ekta Yatra.
- In the book Chouhan says Modi 'had a plan' for his move to the Centre and records that he took oath as Union Cabinet minister with the agriculture and rural development portfolio on June 9, 2024.
- Speeches at the launch doubled as a platform for party messaging, with senior leaders praising the memoir as a guide for aspiring politicians and Venkaiah Naidu linking the West Asia war to rising fuel prices.