NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wished his predecessor Dr Manmohan Singh on his 92nd birthday and prayed for his lengthy and wholesome life.
Born in 1932 in a area that’s now a part of Pakistan, the Congress chief served as India’s Prime Minister from 2004-14.
“Birthday greetings to former PM Dr Manmohan Singh Ji. I pray that he’s blessed with an extended and wholesome life,” PM Modi wrote on X.
Congress occasion hailed ex-PM Manmohan Singh’s work on his birthday, saying he “made many public welfare insurance policies retaining in thoughts the pursuits, progress and welfare of all sections of the nation”.
“Your entire lifetime of famend economist and former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has been devoted to the nation. He has made many public welfare insurance policies retaining in thoughts the pursuits, progress and welfare of all sections of the nation. On behalf of the Congress household, comfortable birthday and greatest needs to Dr Manmohan Singh, the architect of financial prosperity in India. We pray to God to your wholesome and lengthy life,” Congress wrote on X.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge additionally wished Manmohan Singh on his birthday and mentioned that Singh stands as a “uncommon embodiment of simplicity, dignity and ingenuity within the realm of politics”.
“On the event of his birthday, I lengthen my warmest needs to former Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh ji. He stands as a uncommon embodiment of simplicity, dignity and ingenuity within the realm of politics. A visionary statesman, whose actions spoke louder than phrases, we stay deeply grateful for his large and invaluable contributions to the nation. Wishing him good well being, happiness and an extended life forward,” Kharge mentioned.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who can be occasion’s ex-chief, praised Singh for shaping the nation’s future with humility, knowledge and selfless service.
“Comfortable Birthday to Dr. Manmohan Singh Ji. Your humility, knowledge, and selfless service in shaping our nation’s future proceed to encourage me and thousands and thousands of Indians. Wishing you good well being and happiness at all times!” Rahul Gandhi wrote on X.
Singh, who served because the finance minister within the then Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao-led dispensation from 1991-1996, is credited as a key architect of the financial reforms effected by the federal government that broke the stranglehold of socialist-era insurance policies.
