You are right. Dr.Singh's behavior is very autocratic. He went and negotiated a deal with the Bush govt and did not bother to think if the country is with him or not.
Even Musharaff the dictator is finding out he cannot force the country to agree with his decisions.
Manmohan Singh got all the credits for the reforms in the early 90s. People do not realize how hard it was to move a country from the socialistic mindset to the grownth-oriented reforms. That credit should go to Narasimha Rao without whom Dr.Singh's reforms would have stayed on the paper at best.