` ` I will hand the baton over to a new prime minister , '' he said . He has been in office for the governing Congress party since May 2014 . The party suffered a bruising defeat in regional elections last year . Singh downplays accusations of corruption against his government .
`` I will hand the baton over to a new prime minister , '' Singh says . He has been in office for the governing Congress party since May 2004 . The party suffered a bruising defeat in regional elections last month . Singh downplays accusations of corruption against his government .