Dr. Manmohan Singh took oath today as the PM for the second time. He had taken oath as the PM for the first time on the same date, May 22, five years back.
In addition to Dr. Singh, Pranab Mukherjee, Sharad Pawar, A K Antony, P Chidambaram, Mamata Banerjee, S M Krishna, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Sushilkumar Shinde, [...]
Dr. Manmohan Singh has become the Prime Minister for the second consecutive term. He was appointed as the PM by the victorious UPA alliance. UPA was also able to show support of 322 MPs in the letter it presented to the President Pratibha Patil. Given this strong show of support, the President has not asked the [...]
With 261 seats in it’s bag, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), is confident of getting support of 11 additional MPs to cross the magic number of 272 needed for a majority in the parliament. Speculation is rife in main stream media that the parties that constituted the fourth front (RJD,SP and LJP) will not [...]
Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi said today that he was sure of left’s support of Congress PM after the elections. This indicates intense negotiations behind closed doors between the Congress and the left parties.
Rahul Gandhi reaches out to Left to form Govt after polls, Hindustan Times, May 5 2009
Rahul woos Left, confident of their support for [...]
The betting market in India is predicting that Dr. Manmohan Singh will return as the next PM of India. Congress is expected to emerge as the single largest party after elections.
Bookies predict Manmohan Singh as PM again, Times of India, Apr 20 2009
Belgaum bookies bet on UPA doing a 2004, Express Buzz, Apr 13, 2009
UPA [...]
While the Congress has “officially” denied that Rahul Gandhi will be their PM candidate instead of Mr. Manmohan Singh, the sound bites have been the opposite in the past few days. Top Congress leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi and PM Manmohan Singh himself, have made statements promoting Rahul Gandhi as the future PM.
Rahul has [...]
The Congress party, lead by Sonia Gandhi, released it’s manifesto for the coming Lok Sabha elections today. Dr. Manmohan Singh will be the face of their campaign, claimed Ms. Gandhi. The Congress leader also said that the party would stress on Security, respect and prosperity of all citizens during their campaign.
PM, Sonia release Congress poll [...]
As we celebrate our 60th Republic Day, the mood of the nation is mixed about the coming elections with majority lukewarm to it’s prospect. There is still no clear party/candidate ahead in the fray and so the political pundits are busy predicting the victory of both the UPA and the NDA. The smaller regional parties [...]
PM Manmohan Singh’s heart operation has raised the important question of who backs up for the Nation’s chief, in case the s/he is unable to lead the nation. Indian constitution does not have a automatic chain of command like the US constitution.
For now, the PM’s duties have been divided among his cabinet, with the Foreign [...]
The two main political alliances - UPA led by Congress and NDA led by BJP - have announced their Prime Ministerial candidates. NDA has declared L K Advani as it’s prime ministerial candidate, while Sonia Gandhi has hinted that Manmohan Singh would continue as the PM should the UPA win the coming Lok Sabha elections.
However, [...]
