Manmohan Singh press conference: Narendra Modi will be disastrous as PM
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PM's press meet: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attacks Modi, says NaMo as PM will be disastrous
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held a rare press conference and presented the UPA II's performance report. Here are the top ten quotes from the press meet.
1. I sincerely believe what Narendra Modi is saying is not going to materialise: PM on Modi's 'dream' of becoming PM.
2. If you measure the strength of Prime Minister by presiding over mass massacre of innocent citizens on streets of Ahmedabad, then I do not believe in it: PM
3. History will be kinder to me than the contempory media and the opposition parties in Parliament: PM
4. My best moment as PM was when we struck a nuclear deal with the US, says PM.
5. I have always felt that our government would have strengthened if Rahul Gandhi had joined it: PM
6. I have ruled myself out as a PM candidate if UPA comes back to power. Rahul Gandhi has outstanding credentials to be the PM candidate: PM.
7. No individual or authority can substitute the due process of democratic governance: PM
8. We are set for better times, says PM highlighting growth rate in past 9 years is the highest.
9. When history is written, we will come out unscathed: PM.
10. Corruption charges against government relate to UPA-I and people of the country have not heeded to those charges and given us a second term: PM.Sources-"Indian Express"
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday that "we are set for better times".
"The cycle of global economic growth is heading for better. India's growth momentum will revive," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said.
The PM was addressing mediapersons in New Delhi.
"We did not do well in the assembly elections. We will learn our lessons," the PM said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began his press conference by wishing a happy new year.
This is the second full-fledged news conference by Manmohan Singh during the UPA-II and third in his entire tenure.-'TimesofIndia'
It is only the third occasion during UPA's 10-year rule when he will face the media. In his New Year message, Manmohan Singh said it is time to make a "new beginning" and take "corrective action".
The UPA government and the Congress party had been going through trying times all through last year. The slide in Congress' popularity became apparent by the drubbing the party faced in the recently-held Assembly Elections in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. According to'Zee News'