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'My car is the Maruti 800': Dr Manmohan Singh's bodyguard Asim Arun pays tribute

Dr Sahab would repeatedly tell me, ‘Aseem, I do not like to travel in this car (BMW), my car is this one (Maruti),’” Arun wrote, emphasising the leader’s deep connection to his middle-class roots

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He further recounted how Dr. Singh would often gaze at the Maruti 800 parked in the Prime Minister’s residence as if affirming his identity as a common man dedicated to serving the public. Photo Courtesy: Mid-day file pic

He further recounted how Dr. Singh would often gaze at the Maruti 800 parked in the Prime Minister’s residence as if affirming his identity as a common man dedicated to serving the public. Photo Courtesy: Mid-day file pic

As the nation grieves the loss of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, a touching anecdote shared by his former bodyguard, Asim Arun, has brought into focus the simplicity of the late leader. 

Asim Arun, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Social Welfare, Scheduled Castes, and Tribal Welfare in Uttar Pradesh and former bodyguard of Dr Singh, took to X to recall his time as the head of the Special Protection Group (SPG) Close Protection Team for Dr Singh between 2004 and 2007.

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