Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Singh pledges to stay and fight as corruption row engulfs India

India's prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, a man who came to office with the reputation as a clean economist untainted by political squalor, has been forced to deny rumours he is to stand down amid a growing corruption scandal that has engulfed his government.

Faced by his worst crisis since he became Prime Minister in 2004, Mr Singh held a televised press conference and insisted he would stay and confront the allegations. "We have a functioning government, and whatever some

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