New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will chair a cabinet meeting, meet his staff and attend elaborate farewells on his last day at work today as he prepares to demit office on Saturday, a day after the results of the general election are announced.
To his staff at South Block, his office of 10 years, Dr Singh said, "You served the nation well. God bless you."
Later, he will chair his last cabinet meeting, in which the government is expected to clear Foreign Direct Investment in the pharma sector. He is also expected to sign off on the new Army Chief, likely to be announced today despite objections from the BJP.
Exit polls after voting ended yesterday for the staggered nine-phase elections showed that the BJP and its allies, led by Narendra Modi, are set for a parliamentary majority. (Narendra Modi on Course for Election Victory, Exit Polls Show)
Later today, Dr Singh will host a farewell for his officers at his residence, 7, Race Course Road, a sprawling bungalow complex that he will vacate on Thursday, a day before the results.
Despite quitting office, Manmohan Singh, India's 13th prime minister and the first technocrat to rule the country, will still be visible in public life as a Rajya Sabha member.
In a blog today, BJP leader Arun Jaitley described him as a man whose personal integrity was always above board, but whose, "inability to speak up within his own party may compel historians to take a different view."
To his staff at South Block, his office of 10 years, Dr Singh said, "You served the nation well. God bless you."
Later, he will chair his last cabinet meeting, in which the government is expected to clear Foreign Direct Investment in the pharma sector. He is also expected to sign off on the new Army Chief, likely to be announced today despite objections from the BJP.
Exit polls after voting ended yesterday for the staggered nine-phase elections showed that the BJP and its allies, led by Narendra Modi, are set for a parliamentary majority. (Narendra Modi on Course for Election Victory, Exit Polls Show)
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Later today, Dr Singh will host a farewell for his officers at his residence, 7, Race Course Road, a sprawling bungalow complex that he will vacate on Thursday, a day before the results.
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Despite quitting office, Manmohan Singh, India's 13th prime minister and the first technocrat to rule the country, will still be visible in public life as a Rajya Sabha member.
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In a blog today, BJP leader Arun Jaitley described him as a man whose personal integrity was always above board, but whose, "inability to speak up within his own party may compel historians to take a different view."
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