NEW DELHI: His delicate health notwithstanding, the politician in former prime minister Manmohan Singh came out sharply during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections when he accused his successor Narendra Modi of lowering the dignity of public discourse and the gravity of the office of the prime minister by delivering “hateful speeches” during the poll campaign.
In an appeal to voters in Punjab ahead of the seventh phase of the Lok Sabha polls on June 1, Singh had asserted that only the Congress could ensure a growth-oriented progressive future where democracy and the Constitution would be safeguarded.
The senior Congress leader had also hit out at the BJP government for imposing an “ill-conceived” Agnipath scheme, which he termed as a threat to national security.
