New Delhi: Outgoing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is all set to submit his resignation to President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday. "The Prime Minister sought time and the President has given time for 12:45 pm tomorrow," Rashtrapati Bhavan Press Secretary Venu Rajamony said.
Ahead of the meeting, official sources said that 81-year-old Singh will hold a customary meeting of the Union Cabinet. In the last Cabinet meeting chaired by him, a resolution is expected to be moved by Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, who is also Leader of the Lok Sabha, for dissolution of the 15th Lok Sabha.
After the meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath is scheduled to call on the President recommending dissolution of the House. "The Parliamentary Affairs Minister sought time from the President and he has been given time at 1:15 pm tomorrow," Press Secretary to the President Venu Rajamony said.
Singh, who became the Prime Minister in 2004 and retained the post in 2009, will address the nation immediately after meeting the President.
He would later host tea for the members of his Council of Ministers after which the President will host a dinner for all of them. Singh will soon vacate his official residence at 7, Race Course Road and move into a bungalow at 3, Motilal Nehru Road.
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