Congress loses brand Sonia

When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh bit the bullet on September 14 and cleared the decks for global retail giants to set up shop in India, Congress leaders in Delhi just could not believe it. The party chief had, only in February 2007, gone on record against foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail. Since then that had remained the party’s policy. Congress ranks had initially hoped that the party leadership would find some ways to circumvent the decision on retail, diesel and gas, at least until after the next elections.

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