Gandhinagar, Feb 19 (PTI): Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday recalled late Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's contribution to give impetus to the economy and praised him for successfully leading the country from 2004 to 2014.

On the first day of the Budget session of the state legislative assembly, Patel paid tributes to Singh, who passed away at 92 last December.

As per the convention, tributes were paid to departed leaders on the first day of the session.

"Manmohan Singh, who studied economics in top educational institutions like Cambridge and Oxford, held key positions in past governments, such as finance secretary, Reserve Bank's governor and as the chairman of University Grants Commission," Patel said.

Singh also served as a member of Rajya Sabha for six terms from 1991 till 2024. He was the leader of the opposition in the upper house of Parliament from 1998 till 2004, said the CM.

"Economic reforms brought by Singh in 1991 as finance minister played an important role in giving pace to the Indian economy. As the 14th prime minister of India, Dr Singh successfully led the country from 2004 to 2014," Patel said.

He further said Singh was known across the globe as the "father of economic reforms" for his role in promoting the policy of comprehensive economic reforms in India.

Singh was conferred with many awards, including Padma Vibhushan for his contribution to the country, he added.

Patel said India lost an eminent economist and a noble leader, who led the country towards economic prosperity, in Singh.

Addressing the House, Congress Legislative Party leader Amit Chavda claimed numerous allegations of corruption were raised against Singh but none of them was proved.

"However, without harbouring any grudge, Singh never responded to such allegations. He replied through his remarkable work," he added.

Chavda said that instead of a politician, the people of India and the world remember Singh more as an able administrator.

"Singh created a foundation for economic reforms through liberalisation and globalisation," he said.

Chavda credited Singh for steering India out of the difficult situation when the world was battling a slowdown in 1990.

"India was also struggling because of dwindling foreign reserves and was on the brink of economic collapse. At that time, the only solution was to mortgage our gold reserve to avoid default.

"Thanks to the decisions taken by Dr Singh as finance minister, India not only came out of that difficult situation, our economy also found a new direction due to reforms brought by Dr Singh," said Chavda.

He said welfare laws and policies, including MNREGA, Food Security Act, Right To Information Act, and Right to Education Act, would be remembered as Singh's legacy.

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Hyderabad, May 5 (PTI): Sunrisers Hyderabad were eliminated from the play-offs race after their Indian Premier League fixture against Delhi Capitals was called off due to heavy rain following the first innings here on Monday.

Pat Cummins-led SRH pace attack ran through the DC batting line-up to limit the visitors to 133/7 before rain dashed the slim hopes of the home team. Both teams shared a point each for the abandoned game.

With 13 points from 11 games, DC remain in contention for a top-four spot.

After reaching the final last year, it was a season to forget for SRH who could not replicate their ballistic run of 2024 with the bat. Having collected only seven points from 11 matches, SRH will now be playing for pride.

Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were already eliminated from the competition.

Before rain lashed the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, the hosts put up a clinical effort with the ball and were on course for only their fourth win of the season until rain arrived, creating large puddles of water on the outfield. The match officials decided to call off the game at 11.10 pm local time.

The shot selection of Delhi Capitals' batters contributed to their downfall after being put in to bat.

They were left reeling at 29 for five in 7.1 overs with captain Cummins causing the maximum damage.

Cummins had Karun Nair caught behind on the very first ball of the match with a good length ball around the off-stump. It was a rather loose shot from the DC batter first up.

Faf du Plessis departed in Cummins' following over, a failed attempt to put the relentless Australian away for a boundary. Not getting any loose ball from Cummins, the South Africa went for a pull on the charge only to be caught by the wicket-keeper.

Cummins' third victim was Abhishek Porel who was caught after mistiming a flick.

Harshal Patel and Jaydev Unadkat then got into the act by dismissing Axar Patel and K L Rahul respectively. The in-form Rahul went for a drive on the up but ended up edging it to Ishan Kishan behind the stumps.

It was one way traffic until Tristian Stubbs (41 not out off 36) and impact player Ashutosh Sharma (41 off 26) combined to take DC to a respectable total. They shared a 66-run stand off 45 balls.

Sharma was able to break the shackles by depositing leg-spinner Zeeshan Ansari for a couple of sixes over long-on in the 15th over.

Stubbs did not look as comfortable as Sharma in the middle but managed to provide much needed support to the latter. The South African could find only four boundaries with the last one coming off the final ball of the innings.