Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh passed away at 9:51 pm on Thursday at the age of 92. He became the 14th Prime Minister of the country in 2004 and served two terms in this post till May 2014. He was the first Sikh and fourth longest serving Prime Minister of the country.
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Dr. Singh has many memories with the leaders of Bihar. There are many stories, read and watch this special report…
RJD supremo Lalu Yadav did not want to make Dr. Manmohan Singh the Prime Minister. He had opposed them. However, he agreed after being persuaded by Sonia Gandhi.
Lalu Yadav writes in his autobiography ‘Gopalganj to Raisina: My Political Journey’, ‘In 2004, I had 22 RJD MPs. I believed that if Sonia ji becomes the Prime Minister, it will be a victory for my ideology, because during the election campaign the opponents had used abusive language against Sonia ji. I could not accept any other name other than his.
‘When he asked me to accept Dr. Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister, I refused. After this she came to my residence with Manmohan Singh and wanted to know the reason why I did not want to support Dr. Singh.
At my house, Sonia Gandhi persuaded Manmohan Singh to request me to accept him as Prime Minister. I was in a dilemma, on the one hand I wanted to see Sonia Gandhi as the new Prime Minister, on the other hand I could not refuse her request. Who had come to my house with Dr. Singh after suffering a lot. Ultimately I relented and agreed to make Manmohan Singh the Prime Minister.
Manmohan Singh greeting Sonia Gandhi after taking oath as Prime Minister. (file photo)
When Manmohan Singh was adamant on nuclear deal, Lalu supported him.
Manmohan Singh made nuclear deal with America. It was called the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Agreement. On this deal, the left parties said that this agreement will affect the country’s independent foreign policy. At that time the Left had about 60 MPs. He withdrew support.
In 2008, the UPA government had to go through a trust vote in the House. Lalu Yadav was the Railway Minister in the government at that time. During this time, he lambasted the left parties. During his speech he said that your (Leftist) ideology has come from abroad. You are working against the country by sitting in the lap of communal people.
Lalu Yadav has been praising Manmohan Singh from time to time. In an interview with a news channel, Lalu had called him the best PM till date. (Photo source: @laluprasadrjd)
During this, Lalu read a line from a song. ,If you don’t want me then it doesn’t matter, if you want someone else it will be difficult. ‘The leaders of the ruling party and the opposition including Manmohan Singh laughed at this line.
Tell me who does not have the desire to become PM? Then he looked towards PM Manmohan Singh and said, ‘I also have the desire to become PM. It is in Mayawati ji’s mind also. Mulayam ji also has this desire in his mind, but in this country no one wants to see Dalit, backward and minority becoming the PM. -Lalu Yadav, RJD supremo, July 2008
Manmohan Singh misses Lalu at Sonia Gandhi’s dinner
Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi hosted a dinner at her residence on 13 March 2018 to unite opposition parties ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Senior leaders of all major parties participated in it.
At that time, Lalu Yadav, who was convicted in the fodder scam, was serving his sentence in Birsa Munda jail of Ranchi. He did not attend this dinner party. Lalu’s younger son Tejashwi Yadav and elder daughter Misa Bharti had participated on behalf of RJD.
The picture is from March 2018. In Delhi, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi had organized a dinner for the leaders of opposition parties. (file photo)
Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh was also present at the dinner. While talking to the media after dinner, Misa had said, ‘Singh told her that he was missing Lalu’s presence in the country’s politics.’
Manmohan government wanted to bring ordinance to save Lalu
In 2013, the Supreme Court gave an important decision to stop the entry of criminals in politics. Under this, an order was given to cancel the membership of politicians sentenced to 2 years or more and not to contest elections for more than 6 years of their punishment.
The then Manmohan government decided to bring an ordinance to overturn the Supreme Court decision. An ordinance in this regard was also passed from the cabinet. At that time, this decision of the government was seen as being directly linked to Lalu Yadav. It was told that the government is doing this to save Lalu.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi greeting former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at an event. From time to time Rahul Gandhi has been praising Dr. Singh. (file photo)
Meanwhile, the opposition and some activists opposed the ordinance. The media also took up this issue strongly. Journalists asked questions to Rahul Gandhi regarding this, in response to which he talked about tearing down the ordinance on the road itself. Also tore the ordinance. Then the government withdrew it.
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