Union home minister Amit Shah said that the Modi government “reformed the banks, corrected forex mismanagement and started a different kind of politics.”
Singh’s only public appearance this year was for his daughter’s book launch at the India International Centre in January, where he was present for an hour or so
Ideological differences were set aside in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the contributions of his predecessor, Manmohan Singh, and said he was one of those few esteemed members who will be remembered whenever democracy is discussed.