Everything counts

Arresting a self-styled Gandhian hunger-striker on August 16 was a foolish move by India. Manmohan Singh’s government claims not to have directly requested Anna Hazare’s brief detention, but the episode has cost it credibility. India’s political sclerosis may now worsen. In the short term, that will hurt an economy facing an inflation of above nine per cent and in dire need of decisive reform.

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