PM Narendra Modi wishes his predecessor Manmohan Singh Happy Birthday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted his predecessor Manmohan Singh on his 83rd birthday, wishing him a long and healthy life.

He also spoke to Singh and extended birthday greetings to him.“Warm birthday wishes to Dr. Manmohan Singh ji. May God bless him with a long and healthy life,” he said in a tweet.

“PM @narendramodi spoke to Dr. Manmohan Singh ji and extended birthday greetings to him,” the PMO said in a tweet.

Singh, who served as Prime Minister from 2004 to 2014, was born in Gah in Pakistan. Singh’s family migrated to India during partition in 1947.

Warm birthday wishes to Dr. Manmohan Singh ji. May God bless him with a long and healthy life.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 26, 2016