Profile of India's first Sikh prime minister Manmohan Singh

20 May 2004 Day Shots 1. Various shots of New Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh being greeted by people 16 May 2004 2. Various shots of Singh meeting leaders of alliance parties 19 May 2004 3. Presidential palace 4. Singh showing President's letter of invitation to form a new government , Congress party president Sonia Gandhi standing beside him 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Manmohan Singh, Indian Prime Minister: "We have always said economic reforms with emphasis on the human elements will continue. We will give the world and to our people a model of economic reform which adds to processes of development which create new opportunities for the poor and the downtrodden to participate in the development process." 15 May 2004 6. Congress members meeting in parliament 7. Sonia Gandhi and Singh 22 March 2004 8. Various shots of Sonia Gandhi releasing the election manifesto of Congress party, Singh standing beside her 1996 File Night shots 9. Various of Singh (then finance minister), along with other Congress leaders coming out of Presidential palace after the then-Congress government led by Narasimha Rao resigned 20 May 2004 Day Shots 10. Singh coming out of his house to address news conference 11. Close-up shot of Singh 12. Close-up shots of Singh's hands 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Manmohan Singh, Indian Prime Minister: "It is very unfortunate that communal riots take place from time to time in our country. We as a nation have to make up our mind and have a firm determination that these things must never occur. But if there are any problems arising out of the past, some people feel that they have not been adequately compensated, I don't know if we can compensate I think for the loss people have suffered, but whatever relief can be provided if there is additional scope then we will explore all avenues and I mean it....that applies not only to 1984, that applies also to the tragic events of Gujrat, which have brought I think a great deal of anguish and as a nation I think which reflected poorly on us. These things must never happen." 14. Pan over bouquets of flowers lying at Singh's house 15. Singh's daughters and grandson 16. SOUNDBITE: (Hindi) Gursharan Kaur, Singh's Wife: "We never expected this, his statistics teacher in the University always used to say that he will be the Prime minister one day. But we never took it seriously." 17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Raghav and Rohan, Singh's Grandsons: Raghav: "Yes , he will do a good job." Rohan: "He will take care of the farmers and the country." Raghav: "Yes, yes the Congress manifesto easily says that." 18. Sonia Gandhi and son Rahul sitting with Singh at prayer session to mark the 13th anniversary of former Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's death 19. Close-up shot of Singh 20. Singh with wife STORYLINE : India's new prime minister Manmohan Singh is a soft-spoken, Oxford and Cambridge-educated economist, widely known as the architect of India's economic reforms and a respected political consensus builder. Singh was named prime minister of India on Wednesday, ending weeks of political turmoil that culminated with Sonia Gandhi's refusal to take the post. Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born widow at the head of the country's most powerful political dynasty, turned down the prime minister's job but remained leader of the Congress party, which ousted the Hindu-nationalist party of Atal Bihari Vajpayee in recent national elections. Singh, 71, was the technocrat who forged the opening of India's socialist-style economy, and has pledged to work to restore religious harmony, keep India investor friendly and seek peace with rival Pakistan. The 11 party ruling coalition is to be called the United Progressive Alliance. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/ad829fe54a141f9dda28527229682c69 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork