Legacy left behind by Dr Manmohan Singh as PM- Misgovernance, policy paralysis and massive corruption
Op IndiaDr Manmohan Singh, the former Prime Minister of India breathed his last on the 26th of December 2024 at the age of 92. Riding on the sympathy wave following former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, the Congress party came to power under the leadership of PV Narasimha Rao and Dr Manmohan Singh became the Finance Minister of India. Dr Manmohan Singh’s tenure as Prime Minister of India and the media When the incumbent Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led BJP government faced surprising defeat in 2004, it was expected that Sonia Gandhi would lead the UPA-led government, however, Gandhi chose Dr Singh to lead the country. In the book “Accidental Prime Minister — The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh’ by Sanjay Baru, who was the media advisor of then PM, some shocking revelations were made in this regard. It would not be wrong to say that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s tenure was actually a decade of Sonia Gandhi’s time of enjoying power without accountability.