PM's novelty

Last month in Parliament Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did something he had never done before. In an unprecedented attack on the Opposition, he exchanged sharp words with Bharatiya Janata Party Leader Arun Jaitley in Rajya Sabha. Last week, the prime minister once again did something for the first time - he met every journalist individually on board in his special Air India One aircraft on return from the G20 summit in St Petersburg, Russia. Before addressing the press conference, Singh went up to each journalist and shook hands. Interestingly, even Singh's critics wanted to freeze the moment on camera and eagerly availed themselves of this opportunity.