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And got rightly rewarded. This soft-spoken, unassuming man has done wonders as
Prime Minister of India .
Good governance delivers. Good governance is good
politics . That is what he has proven.
Manmohan Singh is a
Sikh . An American equivalent would be if an Asian, and Indian, someone like
Bobby Jindal became President of the
United States . (
Independent For Bloomberg )
But
Rahul Gandhi has emerged the biggest story out of this election. Suddenly he comes across as the person who will succeed
Manmohan Singh as the
Prime Minsiter of India.
Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, and now Rahul Gandhi. That is one for the world history books. Which family has ruled a country as large as India for four generations? And that too in a rumbunctious democracy?
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