Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh died on Thursday at the age of 92. There is an incident in Manmohan Singh's life where he did not have cash in his hand, but a 1996 model Maruti car was parked in his house. What is this story?
When Manmohan Singh filed the affidavit for his candidature from the Rajya Sabha seat of Assam in 2013, he shared many information in it. According to the rules of the Election Commission, it is mandatory to do this. In this affidavit he had given information about his car.
Manmohan Singh had stated in the affidavit that at that time his total income was Rs 40.51 lakh. Whereas he had movable assets worth Rs 3.87 crore. Not only this, he had 5 fixed deposits and 3 savings accounts at that time. Not only this, he had immovable property worth Rs 7.5 crore at that time. This included a house in Chandigarh and a flat in Vasant Kunj, Delhi.
It was stated in the affidavit that he owned a Maruti car of 1996 model. He bought it in 1996 for about Rs 21,000. Manmohan Singh did not have any cash in hand at that time, but his wife Gursharan Kaur had Rs 20,000 in cash.
There was also mention of his wife's property in Manmohan Singh's affidavit. He had total movable assets worth Rs 20.31 lakh. It contained 150.8 grams of gold, whose price at that time was Rs 3.45 lakh. He also had Rs 16.62 lakh in his savings account.
Manmohan Singh took charge from RBI Governor to Finance Minister of the country. He was also the Prime Minister of the country from 2004 to 2014.
