“History Will Be Kinder To Me”: Dr Manmohan Singh’s Last Press Meet As PM [Video]

New Delhi:

In his last press conference as Prime Minister on January 3, 2014, Dr Manmohan Singh made a remark that has made the rounds on social media multiple times over the past decade.

In that press conference, NDTV’s Sunil Prabhu had asked Dr Singh about his inability to rein in his ministers and his refusal to act in several situations. Responding to this, Dr Singh had said with a smile, “I honestly believe history will be kinder to me than the contemporary media or for that matter, the Opposition parties in Parliament.”

“I cannot divulge all the things that take place in the cabinet system of government. I think taking into account the circumstances and the compulsions of a coalition polity, I have done as best as I could do under the circumstances,” he had added.

At the time, the UPA-II government was reeling under allegations of corruption in several of its ministries, a key reason behind the Congress’s rout in the …