Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has long been seen as a mute puppet in the hands of India's politico. He has finally awoken from the deep slumber and called for a desperate image make-over measure for himself. Accordingly, he just had a 100-minute conversation with five chosen gatekeepers of news from the fourth estate in India.
It is a clear acknowledgement of the fact that he faces a serious image problem, but is he responding to it in the right way? questions Karan Thapar on the latest show of CNBC-TV18's India Tonight. What impact did the session with editors have and what more does he need to do? Kumar Ketkar, Editor-in-Chief of Divya Marathi, who was present at the meeting joins Chairman of Comma Consulting, Rajiv Desai, Editor-in-Chief of Outlook, Vinod Mehta, and Congress MP and former journalist, Sanjay Nirupam to discuss the issue. Below is the verbatim transcript. Also watch the accompanying video Q: Lets start with the Prime Minister
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