After the demise of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the age of 92 on Thursday at Delhi AIIMS, Asim Arun, a former Indian Police Service officer and ex-chief of the Particular Safety Group (SPG) throughout Singh’s tenure, recalled the late chief’s robust attachment to his Maruti 800.
Asim Arun, who’s presently serving as a BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj Sadar, shared a submit on X and recalled his three years of working expertise with former CM.
Reflecting on the simplicity that characterised Manmohan Singh, Asim Arun highlighted that Manmohan Singh owned just one automobile, a Maruti 800 and he quickly mentioned, “I don’t prefer to journey on this automobile, my automobile is that this one (Maruti).”
मैं 2004 से लगभग तीन साल उनका बॉडी गार्ड रहा। एसपीजी में पीएम की सुरक्षा का सबसे अंदरुनी घेरा होता है – क्लोज़ प्रोटेक्शन टीम जिसका नेतृत्व करने का अवसर मुझे मिला था। एआईजी सीपीटी वो व्यक्ति है जो पीएम से कभी भी दूर नहीं रह सकता। यदि एक ही बॉडी गार्ड रह सकता है तो साथ यह बंदा… pic.twitter.com/468MO2Flxe
— Asim Arun (@asim_arun) December 26, 2024
“It was my duty to stick with him like his shadow. Dr. sahab had just one automobile of his personal – Maruti 800, which was parked behind the shiny black BMW within the PM Home. Manmohan Singh ji would repeatedly inform me – Aseem, I don’t prefer to journey on this automobile, my automobile is that this one (Maruti),” he mentioned.
“I’d clarify that Sir this automobile just isn’t on your luxurious, its safety features are such that the SPG has taken it. However every time the convoy handed in entrance of Maruti, he would all the time take a look at it to his coronary heart’s content material. As if repeating a decision that I’m a middle-class individual and it’s my job to fret concerning the widespread man. The automobile price crores belongs to the PM, my automobile is that this Maruti,” he added in a submit on X.
Economist-turned-politician handed away on the age of 92 resulting from an age-related medical situation. He had a sudden lack of consciousness at residence after which he was rushed to the AIIMS Delhi on Thursday.
