What makes Manmohan a flop and Rahul the big hope

May 22, 2012 11:12

In his time in office as Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh has borne many a political slight with great equanimity. From being taunted by BJP leader LK Advani as India's "weakest Prime Minister' to being dismissed as a political lightweight for not being popularly elected to being the target of much online satire for the thunderous silence he maintains at critical moments on issues of grave national importance, 'Maunmohan Singh' has been at the receiving end of the slings and arrows of venomous criticism.

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