91 year old Manmohan Singh retired from Rajya Sabha, in 1991 he opened the lock of the country’s destiny

Former Prime Minister of the country Manmohan Singh has retired from Rajya Sabha. Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge wrote a letter to Dr. Manmohan Singh on Tuesday, April 2, saying that he will no longer be in the Rajya Sabha and is retiring from active politics. Even after this, your voice will continue to be raised for the people of the country. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ended his 33-year-long parliamentary innings in the Rajya Sabha on 3 April. Dr. Manmohan Singh is known for introducing many bold reforms in the country’s economy.

The number 91 had great importance in the life of former Prime Minister Singh. In October 1991 he became a member of the Upper House of Parliament for the first time. During this period, he was the Finance Minister in the government of former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao from 1991-96. Not only this, he retired from Rajya Sabha on 3 April 2024 at the age of 91. In his political career, he was the Prime Minister of the country for 10 years between 2004 and 2014. While being the Finance Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh initiated economic reforms in 1991 by announcing the country’s economic and industrial policies.

Due to the efforts of former Finance Minister Singh, 1991 proved to be a year of change for India. With the help of the economic policies brought by him, rapid changes started taking place in the country and the economy became stronger. When in 1991 P.V. When Narasimha Rao made Dr. Manmohan Singh the Finance Minister, the question arose that what would be achieved by making a person who had been the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India the Finance Minister? The Finance Minister was an economic expert during the time of the country’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. After this the Finance Ministry remained with the Congress leaders.

Many veteran Congress leaders, contemporaries of former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao, have been finance ministers. But, Rao ignored all of them and Dr. Manmohan Singh was made the Finance Minister. This decision was widely criticized in the party. Although Dr. By making Singh the Finance Minister, Narasimha Rao had indicated that he wanted a big change in the economic scenario of the country, which could be different from the thinking of the Congress. With time it was also proved that Narasimha Rao wanted major changes to boost the economy.