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Old habits die hard, says Pranab Mukherjee

NEW DELHI: “It’s a four-year-old habit,” laughed Union External Affairs Minister and senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee.

The allusion was to a wrong reference to the United Progressive Alliance meeting at a briefing on Friday.

“Today the Left-UPA Coordination committee met,” the Minister began, when there was a chorus from the media.

“Old habits die hard,” Mr. Mukherjee said with a hearty laugh and corrected himself.

“After elections,” murmured the Union Agriculture Minister, Sharad Pawar, who stood next to the External Affairs Minister , with a smile.

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