Tributes pour as former PM Manmohan Singh passes away at 92: ‘History shall…’
Hindustan TimesFormer Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh passed away in Delhi on Thursday. FILE - Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh, center, gestures after a short meeting with the newly elected office bearers of "National Students' Union Of India", who called on him at his residence in New Delhi in 2015 Several top personalities condoled Dr. Singh’s demise, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and many more. While PM Modi called Manmohan Singh one of the most distinguished leaders of the country, Kharge referenced a quote from the former Prime Minister's last press conference in the office. Union health minister, JP Nadda, posted on the micro-blogging site X, “The passing of Former Prime Minister and Economist Shri Manmohan Singh ji is an immense loss for the nation. My heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and admirers.” PK Mishra, principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, remembered his days with Manmohan Singh when the ex-PM was teaching at the Delhi School of Economics.