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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday wrote a letter to former prime minister Manmohan Singh saying that his retirement marked the "end of an era"..
The former prime minister and Congress veteran retired from Rajya Sabha today, completing his 33-year-old parliamentary innings..
Taking to microblogging site X (formerly known as Twitter) the Congress chief credited Singh for the MGNREGA scheme, adding that the nation and particularly the rural poor will always remember the former prime minister for ensuring that they can earn a living and live with self-respect through this scheme..
I remember President Obama mentioning about you that Whenever the Indian Prime Minister speaks, the whole world listens to him," Kharge said in the post..
Here is the full text of the Congress chiefs letter to former prime minister Manmohan Singh as he retires from Rajya Sabha today..
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