Manmohan Singh's 91st Birthday Celebration: A Tribute to Simplicity, Intelligence, Modesty, Grace, and Dignity in Politics

Simpleness, intelligence, modesty, grace, and dignity.

On Manmohan Singh's 91st birthday, the Congress lavished him with acclaim, serving as a gentle reminder to the country that the office of prime minister doesn't always entail absolute authority or the incitement of dread and distrust.

"On his birthday, I extend my best wishes to former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh ji," stated Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. He is a unique political model of simplicity, dignity, and grace. We will always be grateful to the Prime Minister for his enormous contribution to the country as a true statesman whose deeds spoke louder than his words.

A sizable portion of the population in a nation that made an effort to construct itself on the values of Mahatma Gandhi has come to believe that politics is not about elegance and simplicity. The message from Kharge emphasized this catastrophic transformation.

Now, prominent public personalities are calling for genocide.

The general public's perception of politicians has reportedly changed negatively as a result of ministers making inflammatory statements and lawmakers idolizing Gandhi's killer and using derogatory communal insults.

Jairam Ramesh, the director of communications for the Congress, too made a passing reference to the declining morality in politics. Manmohan Singh is 91 today. He has always been a magnificent representation of intellect and intelligence. However, he has consistently embodied grace, sobriety, humility, and dignity in every role he has had. These characteristics are even more uncommon in our public life now, according to Ramesh.

I've heard Presidents and Prime Ministers call him a guru, he continued. He doesn't require promotion of himself.

Barack Obama, the president of the United States, referred to Singh as his teacher and dubbed him "a man of uncommon wisdom and decency" in his autobiography. Obama stated, "For the duration of his tenure as Prime Minister, I would find Singh to be wise, thoughtful, and scrupulously honest."

Singh held numerous important positions, including those of the head of the Planning Commission, the governor of the Reserve Bank, the finance minister, and the prime minister, but his personal integrity remained unimpeachable. He left the halls of power without leaving any stain on his reputation.

According to Rahul Gandhi, "Former Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh ji's integrity, unwavering commitment to nation-building, and economic uplift of the masses will always be an inspiration to me."

"As a leader, he demonstrated the importance of patience and humility in politics," said Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. As a prime minister, his integrity, fortitude, vision, and wisdom prepared the way for our nation to march confidently into the twenty-first century.

Singh protected himself from the customary vices of power arrogance and plots against competitors by acting and speaking with the dignity of a prime minister. He refrained from demonizing rivals and spreading misleading information, even during election campaigns. He was disparaged by the BJP without any proof of wrongdoing and by the Anna Hazare-Arvind Kejriwal campaign, yet he never retaliated with hate speech or personal animosity.

Despite claims of "policy paralysis" throughout his administration, it saw the passage of such ground-breaking laws as the Land Acquisition Act, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the Right to Information Act, the Right to Education Act, and the Food Security Act. He turned a year older at a period when effective government is now symbolized by the bulldozer rather than the healing touch.

It seems as though Singh's prophecy that history will judge him favorably is coming true.