former prime minister manmohan singh
There have been renewed demands that Bharat Ratna be given to the country’s former prime minister and renowned economist Manmohan Singh. The Sikh organization ‘Namdhari Sangat Seva Samiti’ has requested the Indian government to award the Bharat Ratna Medal to the former prime minister. At a press conference at the Constitution Club on Tuesday, committee members said they had written several letters to the government on the matter.
Describing the achievements of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the meeting, members of the ‘Naamdhari Sangat Seva Samiti’ said Manmohan Singh, who was awarded the Padma Shri in 1987 for his services to the country, said In 2010, Saudi Arabia awarded him the King Abdulaziz Medal. At the same time, in 2014, Japan awarded the former Prime Minister the “Order of the Paulownia Flower”.
Demanding that Bharat Ratna be handed over to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Commission spokesperson Rakhwinder Singh also said that the real credit for reviving the Indian economy by getting it back on track goes to Manmohan Singh. The committee said the Manmohan Singh government had achieved an important achievement by successfully finalizing the India-US nuclear treaty. He said the former Prime Minister had made important contributions to India’s progress.
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However, this is not the first time there has been a demand to give Bharatnana to the former prime minister. Earlier last year, Jharkhand Congress Sevadar state vice-president Ajay Kumar had also requested the central government to hand over Bharat Ratna to Manmohan Singh.
One of the outstanding leaders of Congress
Manmohan Singh was born on September 26, 1932 in a village in the undivided Punjab province of India. He came to India in 1947 when India and Pakistan were partitioned. He is considered one of the senior leaders of Congress. He served as a member of the Bundestag for 33 years. Singh served as Prime Minister of the UPA government from 2004 to 2014. Manmohan Singh was also an economist, educationist and bureaucrat. From 1991 to 1996, he served as Finance Minister in Narasimha Rao’s government. He introduced many structural reforms that improved India’s economy. Singer is world-famous for his work.
