<div>Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared Friday that he will step down after the next Lok Sabha election.<br /><br /><div>"In a few months time, after the general election, I will hand the baton over to a new prime minister," Manmohan Singh told the media here. <br /><br /></div><div>"I hope it will be a UPA chosen prime minister, and our party will work to that end in the campaign for the general elections. <br /><br /></div><div>"I am confident that the new generation of our leaders will also guide this great nation successfully through the uncharted and uncertain waters of global change," he added.<br /><br /></div><div>Manmohan Singh added: "I will not be a candidate for prime ministership if the UPA comes back to power."</div><div><br /></div></div>
<div>Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared Friday that he will step down after the next Lok Sabha election.<br /><br /><div>"In a few months time, after the general election, I will hand the baton over to a new prime minister," Manmohan Singh told the media here. <br /><br /></div><div>"I hope it will be a UPA chosen prime minister, and our party will work to that end in the campaign for the general elections. <br /><br /></div><div>"I am confident that the new generation of our leaders will also guide this great nation successfully through the uncharted and uncertain waters of global change," he added.<br /><br /></div><div>Manmohan Singh added: "I will not be a candidate for prime ministership if the UPA comes back to power."</div><div><br /></div></div>