Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, 92, admitted to AIIMS in Delhi

New Delhi:

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been admitted to Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences after his health deteriorated, sources said. The 92-year-old former prime minister was taken to the emergency department of the hospital around 8pm, they said.

The reason for his hospitalization was not immediately known.

His family and senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have reached the hospital.

Manmohan Singh rose to prominence as the country’s finance minister in the government led by PV Narasimha Rao in 1991-96, after introducing sweeping reforms that transformed the economy.

A two-term UPA prime minister, he stayed on the top post from 2004 and 2014 and served as a member of the Rajya Sabha until the beginning of this year.

He retired from the Rajya Sabha in April.