Fleets of the white Ambassador saloons used by government officials frantically criss-cross New Delhi in a sign of the political storm that is brewing. Outside the headquarters of India’s main parties, television news teams crowd the streets, tracking the wrangling that has pushed the government to the brink of collapse. Manmohan Singh, the prime minister, is near the end of a stand-off with leftwing allies that support his delicate United Progressive Alliance coalition government. The endgame of a 10-month stalemate could mean early elections, political realignment for the Congress party-led coalition or the anti-climactic end to an elaborate game of chicken. A decision on the future of the government could come before Monday’s summit of the Group of Eight leading industrialised...
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