08-28-2005, 10:41 AM
<b>Do the due</b>
<i>Are we finally seeing a new Manmohan Singh?</i><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->There is a second, more crucial part to the one-to-one, which is that Sonia and the PM have reportedly decided to break with Laloo after the seat-sharing agreement, and to go entirely with Paswan.<b> Internal party polls say Laloo is losing Bihar, and second is a realisation that he cannot be trusted. </b>Here, too, Manmohan is expected to manage the play. This is far from easy and it is potentially bloody, but from the manner the PM has spontaneously and then more sustainedly taken on the CPI-M, hammering in about Buddhadeb, maybe we are seeing new muscle flexing that should surprise Manmohan Singh himself. But perhaps, more surprises are due, and necessary.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<i>Are we finally seeing a new Manmohan Singh?</i><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->There is a second, more crucial part to the one-to-one, which is that Sonia and the PM have reportedly decided to break with Laloo after the seat-sharing agreement, and to go entirely with Paswan.<b> Internal party polls say Laloo is losing Bihar, and second is a realisation that he cannot be trusted. </b>Here, too, Manmohan is expected to manage the play. This is far from easy and it is potentially bloody, but from the manner the PM has spontaneously and then more sustainedly taken on the CPI-M, hammering in about Buddhadeb, maybe we are seeing new muscle flexing that should surprise Manmohan Singh himself. But perhaps, more surprises are due, and necessary.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->