Manmohan Singh, the hero of India's economic liberalisation, bids adieu to Rajya Sabha after three decades

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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (91) bid adieu to the Rajya Sabha today, marking the end of his remarkable three-decade-long tenure...

Kharge in a post on X wrote, "As you retire today from the Rajya Sabha after having served for more than three decades, an era comes to an end..

Singh, who first entered the Rajya Sabha in 1991, served multiple terms and faced a brief hiatus in 2019 before being re-elected from Rajasthan..

Manmohan Singh's journey as a Rajya Sabha member began in 1991 following his tenure as the Finance Minister in the Rao government..

Despite an unsuccessful attempt in the 1999 Lok Sabha elections from South Delhi, where he was defeated by BJP's Vijay Kumar Malhotra, Singh maintained his presence in the Rajya Sabha...