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Journalism of Courage
The Congress is unanimous,apparently. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is the partys candidate for the post following the elections; and thus,hes the UPAs candidate as well. So says Rahul Gandhi,clearly and unambiguously. More,he said that the Congress feels that there are some things it cant compromise over: and its belief that Manmohan Singh is the best PM-candidate out there is one of them. The partys leadership intends to stick by him,Gandhi added,just like it did in the case of the nuclear deal.
The specific invocation of the nuclear deal tells us two things. First,that it is genuinely considered by the Congress to have been a watershed,both politically and policy-wise; it wont water its stand down on the subject. (Indeed,why should it? The deal is done and dusted,its an international,multilateral agreement now to which
It might even mean it. Perhaps the Left got the message: when a CPM politburo member was asked yesterday about Prakash Karats ruling out of support to a Congress-led coalition,he denied knowledge,saying the CPM will meet
and decide what will happen post-election. Others will have taken note too. The Congress must be hoping that this firmness and clarity hasnt come to it too late in the day.
