SINGH IS KING

Finally  the political drama has come to an end and Mr. MANMOHAN SINGH proved again himself as a king. He became the symbol of a dormant collective aspiration for governmental stability, administrative performance and decency in public life. He was capable of packing a counter punch when he did join issue with Mr. Advani on leadership. Over the past five years, Dr. Singh succeeded in calming the nation’s collective nerves, especially in the face of repeated terror attacks.Now his presence as Prime Minister seemed to have had a reassuring impact way beyond New Delhi’s chatterati. As a group of Muslims in eastern Uttar Pradesh told a colleague: “Sixteen major banks have failed in the United States;not a single Indian bank has folded up all because we have had Manmohan Singh as P M.”