Oppn did havans for me to die: PM

Manmohan Singh has said although Opposition did not think he would last as Prime Minister, he believed it was his destiny to hold the post.

“They didn’t even believe I would last as the Prime Minister and some leaders even did havans that I should die on a certain day. But I have faith in a higher force. I believe it was my destiny to be the Prime Minister. I have the courage of conviction,” he said in an interview in the latest edition of India Today.

The comments came significantly on a day when former Defence Minister George Fernandes’ created a political storm with his statement that Singh had ‘betrayed’ the nation by his ‘continuous bluff’ on the Indo-US nuclear deal and if it were to be in China, he would have been shot.

On the attitude of Opposition parties, Singh said it requires a big leap in approach and the ‘attitude of BJP is disappointing’.