Prime minister admits India's real leader is Sonia Gandhi

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: May 21, 2004| Author: LAURINDA KEYS | Copyright information

NEW DELHI -- At the end of a dramatic week in Indian politics, Sonia Gandhi has grabbed power without the burden of responsibility, remaining leader of the ruling Congress Party while giving all accountability to a prime minister she hand-picked.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a soft-spoken economist who is to be sworn in Saturday, acknowledges India will have a political arrangement it's never had before -- one in which the prime minister will lead the government, but not the party th...

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