History Will Remember Manmohan Singh As Most Consequential PM: Sonia Gandhi

New
Delhi:
Days
afte
the
Sup eme
Cou t
gave
fo me
p ime
mi iste
Ma moha
Si gh
a
clea
chit
i
the
coal
block
allocatio
case,
Co g ess
leade
So ia
Ga dhi
o
Tuesday
said
his
eco d
of
i teg ity
a d
accou tability
stood
i
sta k
co t ast
to
the
way
the
Na e d a
Modi
gove me t
has
ope ated.
She
said
histo y
would
i deed
emembe
Si gh
ki dly
as
a
quiet,
ge tle,
but
most
co seque tial
p ime
mi iste .

I
a
swipe
at
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi,
Ga dhi
said
si ce
he
is
these
days
“fo givi g”
I dia’s
stude ts
fo
attacki g
him,
pe haps
he
ca
take
this
oppo tu ity
to
fo give
himself
fo
his
u dig ified
sla de
agai st
Si gh.

The
Co g ess
Pa liame ta y
Pa ty
chai pe so
said
the
judgme t
b i gs
to
a
co clusio
o e
of
the
most
t agic
a cs
of
ou
public
discou se
—
“the
witch-hu t
agai st
D
Si gh,
a
ma
of
the
most
ema kable
p obity
a d
i teg ity.”
“The
lobby
agai st
him
was
coo di ated
a d
well-o ga ised,
with
acto s
st etchi g
f om
the
bu eauc acy
to
the
media,
the
judicia y,
civil
society,
a d
most
ce tai ly
to
the
RSS
a d
BJP.
Today,
thei
bogus
c usade
has
come
to
its
i evitable
co clusio
of
othi g ess.
D
Si gh
has
bee
vi dicated
o
eve y
cou t,”
Ga dhi
said
i
he
a ticle
published
i
The
I dia
Exp ess.

“The
date
July
29,
2026,
was
a
impo ta t
but
u ack owledged
day
i
ou
ece t
political
histo y
as
i
a
ema kable
judgme t,
the
Sup eme
Cou t
upheld
the
CBI’s
clea
chit
to
D
Ma moha
Si gh
i
the
alleged
coal
block
allocatio
scam,
Ga dhi
said.

Mo e
impo ta tly,
it
pulled
up
the
t ial
cou t
fo
ejecti g
the
CBI’s
closu e
epo ts
a d
maki g
adve se
obse vatio s
agai st
the
fo me
p ime
mi iste
fo
o
“compelli g
easo “,
she
poi ted
out.

Si gh’s
eco d
of
i teg ity
a d
accou tability
sta ds
i
sta k
co t ast
to
how
the
Na e d a
Modi
gove me t
has
ope ated,
so
clea ly
a d
g ossly
misusi g
age cies
desig ed
to
i vestigate
c ime
a d
co uptio
like
the
ED
a d
the
CBI,
she
said.

“Its
pu pose
has
bee
to
exe t
p essu e
o
politicia s.
Leade s
a e
eithe
sile ced
th ough
coe cio
o
cy ically
folded
i to
the
BJP
o ,
i
some
ema kable
i sta ces,
ewa ded
with
mi iste ial
positio s
as
well.

“Whe
c edible
accusatio s
of
co uptio
eme ge,
the
Modi
gove me t
simply
b ushes
them
aside.
Co upt
whe
you’ e
i
the
Oppositio ,
sudde ly
clea
whe
you
jump
ship!”
Ga dhi
said.

It
is
ot
a
coi cide ce
that
Modi
was
also
amo g
the
most
vocal
p opo e ts
of
the
attack
o
Si gh,
she
said.

“His
s ide
a d
at ocious
ema ks
i
the
Rajya
Sabha
o
Feb ua y
8,
2017,
that
o ly
D
Si gh
k ew
‘the
a t
of
bathi g
with
a
ai coat
o ‘,
will
go
dow
as
the
lowest
poi t
of
ou
pa liame ta y
histo y,”
she
said.

Si ce
Modi
is
these
days
“fo givi g”
I dia’s
stude ts
fo
attacki g
him,
pe haps
he
ca
take
this
oppo tu ity
to
fo give
himself
fo
his
“u dig ified
sla de ”
agai st
Si gh,
she
said.

“I t ospectio ,
like
cha ity,
must
begi
f om
home.
Ultimately,
the
attack
o
D
Si gh
was
motivated
by
a
despe ate
desi e
to
shift
the
public
co ve satio
a d
a ative
away
f om
his
outsta di g
gove a ce
eco d,”
she
said.

Ma moha
Si gh’s
gove me t
he alded
p ofou d
eco omic
cha ge
with
u p ecede ted
ates
of
g owth
a d
a
co sumptio
a d
p ivate
i vestme t
boom
that
p opelled
I dia
i to
the
a ks
of
middle-i come
cou t ies,
Ga dhi
st essed.

I
2008,
whe
the
global
eco omy
faced
tu bule ce
a d
collapse,
I dia
demo st ated
its
esilie ce,
she
said.

“Let
us
ot
fo get
that
i
spite
of
the
ewo ki g
of
how
the
g owth
of
I dia’s
GDP
is
calculated,
the
10
yea s
of
the
UPA
gove me t
saw
highe
eco omic
g owth
tha
the
past
12
yea s,
esulti g
i
millio s
bei g
pulled
out
of
pove ty,”
Ga dhi
said.

The
Ma moha
Si gh
gove me t
delive ed
o
the
co stitutio al
p omise
of
a
Right
to
Educatio
a d
expa ded
social
justice
th ough
the
i t oductio
of
OBC
ese vatio
i
ce t ally-fu ded
highe
educatio
i stitutes
like
the
IITs
a d
IIMs,
she
said.

“The
Fo est
Rights
Act
ecog ised
the
a cest al
ights
of
ou
Adivasi
a d
fo est-dwelli g
commu ities,
afte
a
decades-lo g
st uggle.
The
MGNREGA,
ece tly
demolished
by
the
Modi
gove me t,
was
the
most
powe ful
social
secu ity
i te ve tio
set
up
a ywhe e,”
she
said.

A othe
sig atu e
achieveme t
of
Si gh’s
gove me t
was
the
Natio al
Food
Secu ity
Act,
2013,
which
ide tified
a d
gua a teed
access
to
basic
food
atio s
fo
c o es
of
families,
she
said.

Civil
society
eme ged
as
a
fo ce
to
be
ecko ed
with,
a d
ou
stude ts
had
the
f eedom
to
p otest
agai st
the
gove me t
a d
eve
the
p ime
mi iste ,
without
bei g
fi ed
upo
by
metallic
pellet
gu s
o
AK-47s,
Ga dhi
said,
taki g
a
swipe
at
the
Modi
gove me t.

The
p ime
mi iste
egula ly
made
himself
accou table
to
Pa liame t
a d
to
the
media
th ough
100-plus
u sc ipted
p ess
co fe e ces,
she
said.

“A d
of
cou se,
we
ca ot
fo get
that
the
la dma k
a d
path-b eaki g
I do-US
uclea
deal,
which
ove tu ed
decades
of
uclea
disc imi atio
agai st
a d
de ial
towa ds
I dia
a d
ma ked
ou
a ival
o
the
global
stage,
was
possible
because
of
his
political
cou age
a d
sustai ed
i itiative,”
she
said.

The
“mischievous
a d
i defe sible”
allegatio s
agai st
his
i teg ity
have
bee
exposed
as
hollow,
a d
his
eco d
as
p ime
mi iste
is
i c easi gly
bei g
ecog ised
fo
what
it
was
—
a
pe iod
of
decisive
eco omic,
political,
a d
social
adva ceme t
i
I dia
histo y,
she
said.

“We
all
ce tai ly
eg et
that
he
is
ot
he e
to
see
this
day
a d
to
guide
the
atio
with
his
wisdom.
But
it
is
a
solace
to
us
all
that
his
p ophetic
p edictio
of
Ja ua y
2014
is
becomi g
i c easi gly
self-evide t
with
eve y
passi g
day.

“Histo y
will
i deed
emembe
him
ki dly
as
a
quiet,
ge tle
but
a
most
co seque tial
p ime
mi iste ,”
Ga dhi
said.

He
ema ks
come
afte
the
apex
cou t
closed
the
c imi al
case
agai st
Si gh
by
setti g
aside
a
summo i g
o de
passed
agai st
him.
The
vete a
Co g ess
leade ,
who
passed
away
o
Decembe
27,
2024,
ow
sta ds
fo mally
acquitted
i
the
high-p ofile
c imi al
case.

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