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Washington Post calls Indian PM a tragic figure, sparks row

Ians, Washington
The Washington Post yesterday published an article portraying the Indian PM as ineffectual leader triggering a strong reaction from New Delhi.
Infuriated by the report, the Indian government said it will seek an apology from the leading US daily.
"How can a US daily take the matter such lightly and publish something about the prime minister of another country? I will speak to the Ministry of External Affairs and the government will seek an apology from the daily," Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told reporters.
The Washington Post says it will not apologise for calling Manmohan Singh an ineffectual bureaucrat.
Indian Prime Minister was described as "a dithering, ineffectual bureaucrat presiding over a deeply corrupt government" by the leading US daily that said his reputation was damaged by the "accusation that he looked the other
way and remained silent as his cabinet colleagues filled their own pockets".
In an article "India's 'silent' prime minister becomes a tragic figure", the Post said that Manmohan Singh helped set India on the path to modernity, prosperity and power, but critics say the soft-spoken 79-year-old is in "danger of going down in history as a failure".
"The architect of India's economic reforms, Singh was a major force behind his country's rapprochement
with the United States and is a respected figure on the world stage.
"But the image of the scrupulously honourable, humble and intellectual technocrat has slowly given way to a completely different one: a dithering, ineffectual bureaucrat presiding over a deeply corrupt government," itsaid.
The daily said that for the past two weeks, everyday the Indian parliament has been adjourned as the opposition demands Singh's resignation over allegations of waste and corruption in the allocation of coal-mining concessions.
"The story of Singh's dramatic fall from grace in his second term in office and the slow but steady tarnishing of his reputation has played out in parallel with his country's decline on his watch.
"As India's economy has slowed and as its reputation for rampant corruption has reasserted itself, the idea that the country was on an inexorable road to becoming a global power has increasingly come into question," said the daily.