At first, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stood firm against Harare’s demands on technical grounds. But this proved insufficient to halt a growing sense of drift and decay concerning his Congress Party-led coalition.
不幸的是，印度政府从一开始就误会了这场反腐游行。起先，总理曼莫汉·辛格坚定地反对哈拉雷提出的技术层面的要求。但事实证明，这并不足以停止人们认定他的国大党领导的执政联盟在一步步走向深渊。