If anyone thought the PM should overshoot, it has been proved wrong
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has spoken to the Press for the first time in four years in Delhi.

He has not made any overbearing announcement than reiterating whatever has been going on these days, be it Indo-Pak relations, Indo-US relations, conduct of his Cabinet colleagues, his ambience with the Congress president, corruption and what not.

Perhaps if it were someone else flamboyant, there would have been a bevy of announcements on which the media would be whetting and whining. There is no harm in pursuing that line. But Manmohan Singh is a different person altogether.

Even about the legacy he would like to leave, he said he was not bothered about it, let future historians record the fact. He did not even say that he would like to be an economic wizard who kept Indian economy rather well when even developed countries floundered.

The media were keen to dish out something from him regarding some sort of divergence of views between him and the Congress president on various issues.

True, he has kept himself aloof from contentious issues like the way increasing level of attacks by Maoists is being handled, whether broader mandate is needed as clamoured for by Home Minister P.Chidambaram, or about the alleged corruption involving Communications Minister A.Raja of the DMK.

Take for example, he did not care to directly defend Raja, he only revealed the assertion of Raja as 2G auctions were held as per a policy that was relevant then. Also, the CBI has been pursuing the issue.

On the whole, no doubt, Dr Manmohan Singh does not want to dominate anyone, he only wants to keep his government workable in the given circumstances of leading a coalition omnibus, guided by a party which is bigger than his assignment.