PM Narendra Modi wishes Manmohan Singh on his birthday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 26 September wished his predecessor Manmohan Singh on his birthday praying for his long life.

"Warm birthday wishes to our former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. May he lead a long life filled with good health," Modi said in a tweet.

Singh, who turned 85 on 26 September, was the Prime Minister between 2004 and 2014 during the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regime.

His political career began in 1991 when he was appointed as the country's Finance Minister under late Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao.

It was the same year during which he helped usher in "liberalisation and privatisation" to the Indian economy.

-IANS