NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hand over the top job to a new leader after general elections due by May, he said on Friday. "In a few months' time, after the general election, I will hand the baton over to a new prime minister," Singh said in a rare press conference.
Singh has been the prime minister for the last decade and has headed a coalition government led by the Congress party. Singh added he hoped his successor would be one chosen by the current coalition.
The Congress faces an uphill struggle for re-election in the upcoming polls due to an economic slowdown and a string of corruption scandals.
(Reporting by Shyamantha Asokan; Editing by Jo Winterbottom)
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