Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge penned a letter for the previous Prime Minister of India and get together veteran Manmohan Singh who retired from the Rajya Sabha marking an finish to his illustrious 33-year-long parliamentary journey on Tuesday. Kharge termed Singh retirement as an ‘finish of an period’. He additionally applauded the outgoing chief for his contributions to Indian politics and the nation.
Kharge lauded Singh’s efforts for the agricultural poor. He wrote, “The MGNREGA scheme launched under your government continues to provide relief to the rural workers during times of crisis. The nation and particularly the rural poor will always remember you for ensuring that they can earn a living and live with self-respect through this scheme.”
Appreciating Singh’s efforts as Finance Minister, he wrote, “The economic prosperity and stability that we enjoy today is built on the foundations laid by you along with our former Prime Minister, Bharat Ratna Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao. The current set of leaders who have reaped the benefits of your work are reluctant to credit you due to political biases. In fact, they seem to go out of their way to speak ill about you and make personal attacks against you. However, we also know that you are large hearted enough not to hold that against anyone.”
Manmohan Singh’s political profession
Singh, who first turned a Rajya Sabha member in 1991 after turning into the finance minister within the Rao authorities, had unsuccessfully contested the 1999 Lok Sabha elections from South Delhi. He was defeated by BJP’s Vijay Kumar Malhotra. His stint within the higher home was steady, apart from a two-month hole in 2019 when he was given a Rajya Sabha berth from Rajasthan.
Singh was a Rajya Sabha member from Assam for 5 steady phrases, from October 1, 1991 to June 14, 2019, and thereafter, was once more elected to the House from Rajasthan after the brief hole. He is a member from the state since August 20, 2019. Singh was the Leader of the Opposition within the Rajya Sabha from March 21, 1998 to May 21, 2004.
He has typically been accused by the BJP for operating a authorities that was marred by corruption. The get together had additionally termed “MaunMohan Singh”, alleging he didn’t communicate out in opposition to corrupt leaders in his cupboard. Singh had, nevertheless, hoped that “history would be kinder to me than the contemporary media, or for that matter, the opposition parties in Parliament”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had just lately lauded his function as a member of the higher home and mentioned his contributions would by no means be forgotten. Modi additionally mentioned that Singh typically got here to vote whereas being on a wheelchair, and that he did to strengthen democracy.
