Political colours

While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent statement in which he did not rule himself out of a third term as prime minister has left the Congress fumbling, it has surprised its opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The party's spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "Manmohan Singh is a very reluctant politician. But what is surprising is that a few days after Holi, the reluctant politician has shown his true political colours. And, that too, being audaciously ambitious." The BJP can surely take credit for recognising Singh's true characteristics. Earlier, the BJP's Yashwant Sinha had described the prime minister as an "overrated economist" and an "underrated politician".