NEW DELHI, India – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced Friday (January 3rd) he would step down after this year's elections, saying the next generation of the Gandhi dynasty should replace him if the Congress Party won a third term, AFP reported.
"I have always felt relieved that history will be kinder to me than the contemporary media or for that matter than the opposition parties in parliament," Singh told a press conference.
Singh, 81, had already hinted about making way for Rahul Gandhi, the Gandhi family scion whose father, grandmother and great-grandfather had all served as prime minister. Gandhi accepted the party's No. 2 post a year ago.