Former Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh passed away on Thursday. He breathed his last at the age of 92. After this news came out, a wave of grief spread across the country. He was admitted to AIIMS in Delhi after his health deteriorated on Thursday night. He passed away there after some time.Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on his last journey. And after a while, Manmohan Singh will be immersed in Panchbhuti. The last rites will be performed with full national honors at Nigambodh Ghat at 11:45 am.
Dr. Manmohan Singh’s political journey began in Assam. Although he was not originally from Assam, he had to live in a rented house in Assam from 1991 to 2019. Manmohan had rented a two-room house from the then Chief Minister Hiteshwar Saikia. House number 3989 in Nandan Nagar, Sarumatriya, Guwahati had become Manmohan’s temporary address for a long time. Manmohan also paid Saikia a monthly rent of Rs 700. Manmohan and his wife Gursharan even transferred their voter ID cards from Delhi to Guwahati.
There was no obstacle in Manmohan’s journey to the Rajya Sabha as the court had earlier ruled that if a person is elected to the Rajya Sabha from a state, then he does not need to have his own house in that state. Several Congress leaders from Assam had then approached the court to oppose Manmohan’s Rajya Sabha membership. They complained about how Manmohan Singh was elected to the Rajya Sabha when he did not own or rent a house in Assam. However, the court’s verdict went in Manmohan Singh’s favor.
