Singh singed

Somehow he remains a figure of unruffled equanimity. As members of parliament erupt, banging their desks and screeching with rage, Manmohan Singh sits stiff, silent and smiling. For the past week opposition parties—the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lined up unusually with the Communists—have been in a frenzy, accusing the prime minister of lying to parliament and of dismally weak leadership. They have repeatedly called on Mr Singh (pictured here with the BJP’s Lal Krishna Advani) to quit. For the moment, he is going nowhere.

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