New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in the Parliament on Monday to cast his vote in the ongoing presidential polls on a wheelchair, reported news agency PTI. The former Prime Minister who tested positive for coronavirus last year has been unwell and was away from the limelight since then.
Singh, 89, was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in October last year after he complained of weakness following a fever. He had contracted the virus last year during the height of the second wave of Covid-19 in the country.
Another veteran leader, Samajwadi Party (SP) founder Mulayam Singh too reached the Parliament to cast his vote for the presidential election. He was accompanied on a wheelchair by his brother Ram Gopal Yadav. The SP founder , 82, has been unwell for quite some time and has been in an out of hospital in the last year due to various ailments.
Leader of Opposition in the Odisha Assembly and BJP leader Pradipta Kumar Naik also arrived in the Parliament on a wheelchair and an oxygen cylinder straight from the hospital. He was admitted to a private hospital here for post-Covid complications.
Voting for the presidential election started at 10 am on Monday and is still underway where the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has fielded Droupadi Murmu against joint Opposition pick Yashwant Sinha. PM Narendra Modi was among the first voters to cast his vote followed by BJP president JP Nadda.
The voting will conclude at 5 pm today. Counting of votes will take place on July 21.