New Delhi. Former Prime Minister of the country Manmohan Singh retired from Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. On this occasion, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge wrote a letter to Manmohan Singh and said that now you will not be in the Rajya Sabha and are retiring from active politics, but still your voice will continue to be raised for the people of the country.
At least 54 members of the Rajya Sabha, including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and nine Union ministers, are set to retire on Tuesday and Wednesday and some will not return to the Upper House. Former Prime Minister Singh will end his 33-year-long parliamentary innings in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday (April 3), while former party chief Sonia Gandhi will enter the Upper House of Parliament for the first time.
Singh, who is known for introducing several bold reforms in the economy, became a member of the House for the first time in October 1991. He was the Finance Minister in the Narasimha Rao government from 1991 to 1996 and the Prime Minister from 2004 to 2014. Sonia Gandhi will enter the Upper House for the first time from Rajasthan, filling the seat falling vacant after 91-year-old Manmohan Singh completes his term on April 3.
Seven Union ministers – Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Minister Purshottam Rupala, Information Technology Minister Rajiv Chandrashekhar, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Narayan Rane and Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan – is also ending his tenure in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. The tenure of Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav will end on Wednesday.
All Union ministers are contesting the Lok Sabha elections and have not been given another term in the Upper House, while Vaishnav and Murugan have been given another Rajya Sabha term. 49 members are retiring on Tuesday (April 2), while five are retiring on Wednesday (April 3).
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 2, 2024, 20:50 IST