The then Atal Bihari Vajpayee government released Azhar, Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar and Omar Sheikh in exchange for 154 passengers held hostage in Kandahar. However, Latif and several other names on the terrorists’ demand list were not released at that time.
"Before coming to this House, I was a witness to the signing of a feasibility report. The first DPR is being prepared. A number of other DPRs are in the pipeline. So, work is going on," Manmohan Singh had said.
PM Modi's foreign travel has been more frequent, more geographically expansive, organised around shorter itineraries and involving high-frequency diplomatic travel compared to Singh’s.
With Soros-linked funding backing ICG and his past criticism of India, the presence of former top Indian officials on its board and their public positions raise broader questions about alignment and influence.
When India’s financial watchdog dared to expose the coal scam’s rot, it was met not with rebuttals but with a stinking room, vanished files, and a full-blown campaign to suffocate accountability.
In 2013, Rahul Gandhi, who held no official position in UPA government, publicly dismissed an ordinance meant to overturn a Supreme Court ruling as “nonsense” and tore it up during a press conference. He not only embarrassed the govt but also undermined Dr Singh's authority as PM.
After Manmohan Singh’s death, it has been revealed by journalist Pankaj Vohra that Sonia Gandhi’s letter declining the PM position was drafted by journalist Vir Sanghvi
Ms Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tried to ride on sympathy wave following the death of former PM Manmohan Singh despite the Centre allocating space for his memorial.
BJP MP Sambit Patra attacked Congress for indulging in "politics" over the demise of Manmohan Singh and said that if someone has "damaged the dignity" of former PM it's Congress party.