PM says not going to retire but ready to make way for younger leadership

New Delhi, May 24 (PTI) India's Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh Monday asserted he is not going to retire as he has got
some unfinished tasks to complete but said he is ready to make
way for younger leadership if the Congress party so desires.
"I have been given this task (Prime Ministership). It
is still unfinished. Till I finish the tasks there is no
question of retirement," 77-year-old Singh said to a query by
a newsman if the thought of retirement ever came across his
mind in the last six years and how he overcame it.
At the same time, to a separate question at the press
conference here, the first in his second term, Singh said he
was ready to make way for "anybody".
On whether he would make way for Rahul during his
current tenure, Singh said he was ready to make place for
"anybody" whom the Congress party decides.
"Let me say say that I sometimes feel that younger
people should take over as when the Congress party makes that
judgement and I will very happy to make place for anybody the
Congress party" decides, Singh said. (MORE) PTI ETB
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