Manmohan Singh Death News Live Updates: Dr Manmohan Singh was chosen to lead the United Progressive Alliance government in 2004 after the coalition romped home to a victory against the incumbent BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government. (Express Archive)
Manmohan Singh Death News Live Updates: Dr Manmohan Singh, two-time prime minister and architect of the landmark economic reforms of 1991, passed away at the age of 92. The former prime minister breathed his last on late Thursday evening in Delhi. His mortal remains were brought to his residence in the national capital, where senior political leaders paid their last respects for the veteran politician. Dr Singh’s mortal remains will be taken to the AICC headquarters on Saturday morning, after which his last rites will be performed near Rajghat.
Senior politicians pay final tribute: Prime Minister Narendra ModiUnion Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda, among other senior leaders in the government, reached Dr Manmohan Singh’s residence on Friday morning to pay their final respects to the former prime minister. Dr Singh’s last rites will take place tomorrow near Rajghat, before which his mortal remains will be taken to AICC headquarters.
A surprise pick for PM: Manmohan Singh was chosen to lead the United Progressive Alliance government in 2004 after the coalition romped home to a victory against the incumbent BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government. He signed the landmark civil nuclear deal with the United States in July 2005. Singh returned for a second term which was marked by increasing coalition pressures and corruption charges against his government. Singh, a noted economist was former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, finance minister in the Narasimha Rao government which opened up the Indian economy in the early 1990s, and twice PM in 2004 and 2009.
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