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On January 3, 2014, as it became clear that Narendra Modi would do well in the general election, the then prime minister Manmohan Singh said the following in his last press conference: “I do believe, that having Mr Modi, whatever his merit, as the prime minister, will be a disaster for India”.
What did Mr Singh mean? He did not elaborate and wasn’t asked to. The two men would have worked together, as chief minister and prime minister, reasonably closely over the 10 years between 2004 and 2014.
Certainly Mr Singh would have had occasion to observe Mr Modi, his
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