Former Prime Minister and Congress MP Manmohan Singh arrived in Parliament in a wheelchair on Monday to cast his vote for the 2022 presidential election. Pictures and videos of Singh’s arrival are being shared widely on social media.
Singh, 89, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi The president was reportedly among 350 voters who cast their vote in the first 1.5 hours of the election.
Former Prime Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Manmohan Singh casts his vote for the Presidential election. #Presidential Election 2022
pic.twitter.com/7V5MarGZc6— Central Bureau of Communication, FieldOffice Dodajé & K (@CBCDoda) 18 July 2022
Four officers helped Singh, 89, get up from a wheelchair and cast his vote at the ballot box.
Former Prime Minister and Congress MP Dr Manmohan Singh casts his vote for the Presidential election in Parliament today. pic.twitter.com/H6jl3O7hlb
— ANI (@ANI) 18 July 2022
Singh had taken leave of absence for the entire winter session of Parliament last year due to health reasons. Veteran Congress leader and two-time former prime minister was admitted to Alla India After complaining of weakness followed by fever on October 13 last year at Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi.
He was discharged from the hospital on 31 October.
Voting for the presidential election, which pits NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu against joint opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha, began on Monday morning with Prime Minister Modi casting his vote. The voting process will end at 5 pm.
Voting was also underway in various state legislatures for the presidential election and early voters in the states included Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. . , About 4,800 elected MPs and MLAs are entitled to vote in elections, but nominated MPs and MLAs, and are not members of the Legislative Council.
Apart from room number 63 on the first floor of the Parliament House, which has been converted into a polling booth, voting is taking place in various state legislatures as well. In the national capital, voting is also underway in the Delhi Assembly.
Counting of votes will take place on July 21. The system of secret ballot is followed in presidential elections, and parties cannot issue whips to their MPs and MLAs regarding voting.
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