Former Prime Minister and Congress leader Manmohan Singh will be concluding his 33-year-long tenure in the Rajya Sabha in early April. This development coincides with Sonia Gandhi, former party chief, entering the Upper House of Parliament for the first time. Singh, renowned for implementing significant economic reforms, initially became a member of the House in October 1991. He served as the finance minister in the Narasimha Rao government from 1991 to 1996 and subsequently as the prime minister from 2004 to 2014.
Privileges and ethics are interconnected. The ongoing case demands an assessment of Hiranandani’s conduct, alongside Moitra’s. But the Ethics Committee can only investigate misconduct by parliamentary members, while the Privileges Committee is vested with the authority to penalise non-members
Heading the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for a total of 3,656 days, Singh thus became the third longest-serving PM till date after Jawaharlal Nehru (6,130 days) and Indira Gandhi (5,829 days).
June 26 1975 Since early morning on that day, Sangh Swayamsevaks had started visiting the office and sharing the information about the arrest incidents