Manmohan Singh: Assam remembers a diligent tenant, true representative
Hindustan TimesFor 28 years, a two-room rented space in Guwahati’s Sorumotoria locality had the distinction of being the residence of Manmohan Singh, the 13th prime minister of India who died at 92 of age-related illnesses in New Delhi on Thursday. Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur along with Assam Congress leader Debabrata Saikia and his wife Bandana Saikia at the former’s rented accommodation in Guwahati. Those two rooms were part of the residence of Hemoprova Saikia, wife of former Assam chief minister and Congress leader Hiteswar Saikia. As a mark of respect and his long association with Assam, the Hiteswar Saikia Foundation, set up by the late chief minister’s family after his demise in 1996, had brought out a coffee table book highlighting Singh’s contribution to the northeastern state. Though Singh stopped being a tenant in 2019, the Saikias have not rented out those two rooms since in memory of the former prime minister’s long association with Guwahati.
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