Manmohan is great leader not only of India but of world: Brown

H S Rao

London, Jun 8 (PTI) British Prime Minister Gordon
Brown has described his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh as a
great leader not only of India but of the world.

"It is a great honour for any democratic country in
the world to have a leader like Dr Manmohan Singh. He is a
great leader not only of India but of the world," Brown was
quoted as saying by leading Non-Resident Indian (NRI) Labour
MP Virender Sharma.

Sharma, who was speaking at a function organised by
the Indian Overseas Congress here Sunday night to celebrate
the victory of Congress Party in the recent general elections
in India, said he had raised the issue in the House of Commons
and replying to the discussion Brown had praised Singh.

He said Singh has emerged as one of the three major
leaders along with US President Barack Obama and British Prime
Minister Gordon Brown at the recent G-20 summit here.

"As an Indian I feel proud of India," he said.
Sharma said that the Indian diaspora in the UK should
send a united message to Singh that it was fully behind him so
that India could become a major economic power by 2020.

Indian Overseas Congress president Balwant Kapur said
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
and youth Congress leader Rahul Gandhi were mainly responsible
for the party's good performance in the recent elections.

Former Punjab minister Malkiat Singh and several NRI
leaders also spoke at the function and said the mandate was in
favour of stability, transparency and good performance.PTI