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Manmohan Singh Dying Information: Former PM addressed/ interacted with the Press 117 occasions throughout his 10 yr tenure between 2004-14, a Congress chief stated when critics labelled Singh as “silent PM”.
Through the fag finish of his tenure as prime minister, Manmohan Singh spoke up and declared he was not weak. (Credit score: X | Rahul Gandhi)
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, recognized for his soft-spoken nature, was typically labelled by critics as a “silent PM”. Defending his management type, Singh elaborated on how he meets the media often and infrequently holds press conferences. He shared the small print of those interactions in his guide, ‘Altering India’.
“Folks say I used to be a silent Prime Minister. I believe these volumes communicate for themselves. I would definitely prefer to say that I used to be not the prime minister who was afraid of speaking to the press – I met the press often, and on each international journey I undertook, I had a press convention within the airplane, or instantly after touchdown. So there are a lot of these press conferences whose outcomes are additionally described (within the guide),” the previous PM had stated on the launch of ‘Altering India’ in 2018.
Former Union minister and Congress veteran Manish Tewari earlier this yr gave particulars on the variety of media interactions Manmohan Singh had held.
“Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh addressed/ interacted with the Press 117 occasions throughout his 10 yr tenure between 2004-14,” he posted on X, giving out the break-up for 117 press conferences.
“Press Conferences by Dr Manmohan Singh 2004-2014: On international trips- 72, Annual Pressers – 10, Home/state visits- 23, Election/political/manifesto – 12,” Tewari wrote.
Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh addressed/ interacted with the Press 117 occasions throughout his 10 yr tenure between 2004-14.Press Conferences by Dr Manmohan Singh 2004-2014:
On international trips- 72Annual Pressers – 10Domestic/state visits- 23Election/political/manifesto -… pic.twitter.com/F8ZjAiwRmn
— Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) January 3, 2024
Unassuming, erudite, soft-spoken and a consensus builder, Manmohan Singh died on Thursday night time at Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). He was 92.
The Congress chief, who steered the nation for 10 years from 2004-2014 and helped arrange the nation’s financial framework as finance minister earlier than that, was a famend title within the international monetary and financial sectors.
On the 2018 guide launch, Manmohan Singh additionally recalled how he turned the finance minister by “accident”, at a time when critics referred him as “unintentional prime minister”.
Singh stated that the then prime minister, PV Narasimha Rao, needed economist IG Patel for the put up however with Patel unwilling to take up the job, it got here to him. “Folks say I used to be an unintentional Prime Minister, however I used to be additionally an unintentional finance minister,” he stated in a lighter vein.
Through the fag finish of his tenure as prime minister, when he was seen defending his authorities’s report and the Congress’ positions on controversial points such because the 2G rip-off, Singh spoke up and declared he was not weak.
“I actually hope historical past could be kinder to me than the modern media, or for that matter, the opposition events in Parliament,” he had stated famously in January 2004.
He even spoke about being referred to as an “unintentional” PM. In an interplay with a day by day newspaper years after his time period because the prime minister was over, Singh stated, “I’ve nothing to be ashamed of about my prime ministership.”
