......Pranab Mukherjee has also demonstrated a rare ability to read the writing on the wall. This was evident in his agreeing to work under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which, given his seniority and experience, could not have been easy. As finance minister in the early eighties , Mukherjee had signed the order appointing Manmohan Singh as the RBI Governor. Yet he stood solidly behind the PM as Singh increasingly resorted to running the government through GOMs and EGOMs, most of them headed by Mukherjee . He showed this realism once again in 2010 accepting that he wouldn't be able to become prime minister, and turning his attention to Raisina Hills......
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