There is a wave of mourning in the country due to the demise of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. 7 days state mourning has been declared in the country. His last rites will be performed on Saturday with full state honours. He breathed his last at AIIMS, Delhi at the age of 92. All the leaders of the country including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have expressed grief. The PM said that Manmohan Singh was one of the eminent leaders of India.
Big personalities of the country are remembering the moments spent with Manmohan Singh. Asim Arun, Minister with Independent Charge in Uttar Pradesh Government, has recalled the moments spent with Manmohan Singh. Before joining politics, Aseem Arun was an IPS officer. Remembering Singh on X, he wrote – ‘I was his body guard for almost three years since 2004. SPG consists of the innermost circle of PM’s security – the Close Protection Team which I had the opportunity to lead. AIG CPT is the person who can never stay away from PM. If only one body guard can stay then this guy will be with him. In such a situation, it was my responsibility to stay with him like his shadow.
Aseem Arun further writes- ‘Dr. Saheb had only one car – Maruti 800, which was parked behind the gleaming black BMW in the PM House. Manmohan Singh ji repeatedly told me – Asim, I do not like to travel in this car, my car is this (Maruti). I would explain that sir, this car is not for your luxury, its security features are such for which SPG has taken it. But whenever the carcade passed in front of Maruti, he would always look at it with all his heart. As if you are repeating the resolution that I am a middle class person and it is my job to worry about the common man. PM’s car worth crores is mine, this is Maruti.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the father of economic reforms and who led the country for ten years, died on Thursday. A glimpse of his five-decade career in bureaucracy and politics.
Enrolled in pre-medical course
Manmohan Singh once enrolled in a pre-medical course because his father wanted him to become a doctor. But after a few months he lost interest in the subject and left his medical studies. Former Prime Minister’s daughter Daman Singh has mentioned this in her book ‘Strictly Personal: Manmohan and Gursharan’ written on him.
Daman Singh also wrote in his book published in 2014 that economics was a subject which attracted him. His father had a good sense of humor. In April 1948, Manmohan Singh took admission in Khalsa College, Amritsar. Mentioning this in his book, Daman wrote, ‘Since his father wanted him to become a doctor, he (Manmohan Singh) enrolled in a two-year F.Sc. course, which would have given him the opportunity to pursue further studies in medicine. He left his studies after a few months. He had lost interest in becoming a doctor. In fact, he had lost interest in studying science also.
