PM hobbled by party politics: Bhagwati

Renowned economist and globalisation buff Jagdish N Bhagwati says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's hands are tied because India's political system is similar to that of the former Soviet Union, where the party was supreme and the chief of government just a figurehead. "My wife (Padma Desai), who is a Russian expert, gives me good insights. In Russia (in the time of communist party rule), the party was all-important. The president was a figurehead. We have never had that (in India).

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