The British daily cited observers to say he had "no genuine political power" and owed his position to Congress president Sonia Gandhi. One of Manmohan Singh's problems is that "he has no genuine political power. Rather, he owes his position to Sonia Gandhi, widow of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, mother of Rahul and Congress Party chairwoman, who to the delight of India's middleclass selected him for that role when her party won a surprise victory in 2004," the report said.u00a0

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh