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Article: Sonia's choice: India. (Sonia Gandhi, widow of prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, rumored to be considering Manmohan Singh as next prime minister)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- January 31, 1998
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BETS are still being taken on who will become India's prime minister after the general election, for which voting starts on February 16th. But the odds are shortening on Manmohan Singh, a former finance minister, who was not even in the race two months ago. People in the Congress party say he has an excellent chance of being asked by Sonia Gandhi, widow of Rajiv Gandhi, to lead the party in parliament. Her word is law in a party trained to sit up and beg every time a member of the Gandhi family whistles.
The Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies remain front-runners in the campaign, but opinion polls suggest they will fall short of an absolute majority. ...