New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was admitted to Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday after his health deteriorated, sources said. It is being said that his condition is critical.

Sources said the 92-year-old former Prime Minister was brought to the hospital’s emergency department around 8 p.m.

Reportedly, he complained of breathlessness, after which his condition deteriorated, and he was rushed to the hospital.

He was being treated for age-related illness and was declared officially dead at 9.51 PM, the hospital said.

According to his office, the former Prime Minister is facing “extreme breathlessness” and has been shifted to the ICU.

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrived at the premier institute to take stock of Singh’s health condition.

Former Rajasthan Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot posted on X, “Deeply concerned about the health of Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ji. Wishing him a speedy recovery and good health.”

In April this year, Manmohan Singh retired from the Rajya Sabha, and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge praised his long parliamentary career.

Manmohan Singh shot to prominence as the country’s Finance Minister in the government headed by PV Narasimha Rao from 1991 to 96, bringing in sweeping reforms that transformed the economy.

As the two-term Prime Minister of the UPA, he held the top post from 2004 to 2014 and served as a member of the Rajya Sabha until early this year.

In his political career, Singh has been a member of the Rajya Sabha since 1991, where he was Leader of the Opposition between 1998 and 2004.

Manmohan Singh was sworn in as Prime Minister on May 22 after the 2004 general elections and took the oath of office for a second term on May 22, 2009.

He represented Assam for five terms in the Upper House and shifted to Rajasthan in 2019.

His last intervention in Parliament was against demonetisation, which he described as “organised loot and legalised plunder.”

Born on September 26, 1932, in Punjab, Singh received his Bachelor’s and Master’s in Economics from Panjab University in 1952 and 1954 respectively.

Manmohan Singh completed his Economic Tripos from Cambridge University in 1957. He then earned a D.Phil in Economics from Oxford University in 1962.

 

 

 

 

–IANS