Manmohan Singh: 'I have lost my mentor, I will remember him with pride', an emotional Rahul remembers Manmohan Singh

Senior Congress leader and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh died on Thursday night, after which a wave of mourning arose across the country. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi condoled the death of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He posted on the social media platform X and wrote that with the death of Dr. Manmohan Singh, I have lost my mentor. Millions of us who were his fans will remember him with great pride.

Rahul Gandhi said that Manmohan Singh ji led India with great wisdom and honesty. His humility and deep understanding of economics inspired the country. Expressing condolences to his family, the Congress MP said that my deepest condolences are with Mrs. Kaur and her family.

Congress cancels meeting to be held in Belgaum, Karnataka.

Congress has canceled the Congress Committee meeting to be held in Belgaum, Karnataka. For this, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said on Thursday that the Congress session in Belgaum has been canceled due to the death of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

South Delhi seat was chosen to contest the election.

Manmohan Singh chose South Delhi Lok Sabha seat to contest the election. Here the population of Muslims and Sikhs together was around 50 percent. Thinking this, Manmohan Singh felt that this seat was the most suitable and he would win the election. BJP fielded a senior BJP leader from Delhi VK Malhotra against Manmohan Singh. He did not have a nationwide identity like Manmohan Singh. Malhotra started his political journey with Jan Sangh. But Manmohan Singh lost the election by about 30 thousand votes. During this time, BJP's Vijay Malhotra got 261230 votes. Whereas Manmohan got 231231 votes. This electoral defeat was like a shock for Manmohan. He started feeling that his electoral career ended as soon as it started. But this did not happen. Manmohan remained in his Rajya Sabha seat.

PM Modi expressed condolences.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed condolences on the demise of the former Prime Minister of the country Dr. Manmohan Singh. PM Modi wrote in a post on social media - India mourns the demise of Dr. Manmohan Singh ji, one of its most revered leaders.