Sonia to host farewell dinner for Manmohan

India's ruling Congress party president Sonia Gandhi will host a farewell dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on May 14, two days before the announcement of results of parliamentary elections results.
A memento is also expected to be presented to Manmohan signed by all members of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party's highest decision-making forum and his ministerial colleagues, sources said.
The prime minister would be demitting office on May 17.
He had earlier this year announced his retirement after a decade at the helm of two successive Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) governments.
On the eve of demitting office, the prime minister is expected to address the nation in a farewell speech.
Congress leaders had always spoken of the relationship between the PM and Sonia Gandhi as an ideal division of labour, which saw perfect harmonisation between the government and the party.