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Manmohan Singh:
India's new PM, 'Mr Clean' of country's murky
politics
by Penny MacRae
NEW DELHI, May 23 (AFP)
Manmohan Singh's father may have believed his bookworm son would one
day lead India, but the 71-year-old Sikh sworn in during the weekend as
prime minister never dreamed he would one day hold the post. Singh, a
self-effacing man who always shunned the limelight, was pitchforked into
the job of leading the world's largest democracy by the shock decision of
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi to turn down the role after she led the party
to a stunning upset win over the ruling Hindu nationalists.
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