Mr Singh's government is already hobbled by corruption scandals involving his cabinet ministers ranging from allocation of resources (mobile phone spectrum licenses and coal) to plain old-fashioned bribery allegations (money for transfer of officials to "lucrative" postings).
The prime minister has to reconnect with the rebels - a band which includes eminent ex-Cabinet ministers, establishment stalwarts like Sir Alan Hazelhurst, and bright-eyed, upwardly-mobile new intake MPs, as well as the usual suspects - while repairing relations with the Lib Dems.