An Innocent Prime Minister: Dr. Manmohan Singh – Scholar, Statesman
But the Congress heading the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) with Communist support had to make a choice as per Sonia’s “inner voice” and choose someone from Congress or the Communist Party as PM.
When Communists refused the offer made to Jyoti Basu, it was left to the Congress to have the pick. Many were the names bandied about and that was when Dr. Manmohan Singh’s name was announced by Sonia Gandhi to the utter surprise of India and the world.
Deprived of PM’s Office, Sonia was sulking, but not to worry. The National Advisory Council (NAC) was set up by the first UPA Government in 2004 to advice the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, who was branded as an ‘Accidental Prime Minister’ by the media and the political pundits.
And who was the Chairperson of NAC? Sonia Gandhi. In short, Dr. Manmohan Singh became the de jure Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi became the de facto Prime Minister. No wonder, Rahul Gandhi had the guts and arrogance to tear to smithereens a copy of the Central Government Ordinance issued by the UPA Government. Dr. Manmohan Singh as PM was so helpless he even offered to quit in favour of Rahul Gandhi.
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