Former PM Manmohan Singh Admitted To AIIMS Delhi; Rahul, Kharge Rush To Delhi

Manmohan Singh health: The Congress rally, scheduled for Friday, has been cancelled and senior party leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge are returning back to Delhi.

File photo of Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Source : PTI

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been admitted in the Emergency Department of AIIMS, New Delhi on Thursday, sources told news agency PTI.

 

Reacting to the development, Congress leader and former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot said, "Deeply concerned about the health of Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh ji. Wishing him a speedy recovery and good health."

 

The Congress rally, scheduled for Friday, has been cancelled and senior party leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge are returning back to Delhi from Belagavi.

 

Meanwhile, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi has arrived in AIIMS, New Delhi where the former PM is admitted.

 

Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government between 2004 and 2014. He has also served as the Finance Minister in the P V Narasimha Rao-led government during 1991-96, where the country witnessed wide-ranging economic reforms.

Singh was born in 1932 in a region now part of Pakistan. He is credited as being the key architect of the LPG (Liberalization, Privatization, and Globalization) reforms during the Narasimha Rao-led government.