Since when does consensus on reform mean reform?
What did the BJP's most vocal spokesmen say when Manmohan Singh presented his first reformist budget? "The Congress has hijacked our agenda," they said. Then, how did the Congress respond when the BJP moved reform forward?

Mr Sinha takes his place in the pantheon
FM tried hard to keep a poker face and appear nonchalant when told that his budget had been warmly welcomed by industry and that the capital market indices had all shot up.

Best foot forward
Union finance minister Yashwant Sinha, put his best foot forward in Parliament on budget day 2001.