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    ISAS Briefs

    Quick analytical responses to occurrences in South Asia

    28 : Cold Feet in Autumn – Climb Down from Elections in India

    Mr Dhiraj Nayyar

    24 October 2007

    The chill of autumn seems to be contagious, at least in the political class. First, in England, Gordon Brown got cold feet over calling an early election. Soon after, in India, Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi got afflicted with an almost identical 'cold foot disease' and climbed down from the brink of calling an early election.