PM Modi greets Manmohan Singh on his birthday

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted his predecessor Manmohan Singh on his birthday Saturday, wishing him a long and healthy life.

Singh, who headed the UPA coalition government between 2004 and 2014, turned 88 on Saturday. He is credited with playing a key role in ushering in economic reforms as the finance minister in the P V Narasimha Rao government during 1991-96.

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Wishing Singh, the prime minister tweeted, “Birthday greetings to Dr Manmohan Singh Ji. I pray to Almighty that he is blessed with a long and healthy life.

Birthday greetings to Dr. Manmohan Singh Ji. I pray to Almighty that he is blessed with a long and healthy life.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 26, 2020