Editing Manmohan Singh (section)

== Post-premiership (2014–2024) ==
Singh's premiership officially ended at noon on 17 May 2014. He did not contest the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 general election]] for the 16th Lok Sabha as the prime ministerial candidate. He resigned his post as prime minister after the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]-led [[National Democratic Alliance]] won the election. He served as the acting prime minister till 26 May 2014, when [[Narendra Modi]] was sworn in as the new prime minister.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Deepshikha |title=Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Resigns After 10 Years in Office |url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections-news/prime-minister-manmohan-singh-resigns-after-10-years-in-office-562442 |access-date=18 June 2023 |work=NDTV |date=17 May 2014 |archive-date=26 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226123531/https://www.ndtv.com/elections-news/prime-minister-manmohan-singh-resigns-after-10-years-in-office-562442 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Manmohan Singh to continue as PM till Modi assumes office |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/highlights/story/manmohan-singh-resigns-as-prime-minister-193309-2014-05-17 |access-date=18 June 2023 |magazine=India Today |date=17 May 2014 |archive-date=26 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226123726/https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/highlights/story/manmohan-singh-resigns-as-prime-minister-193309-2014-05-17 |url-status=live }}</ref> Singh, along with Congress president [[Sonia Gandhi]], former Presidents [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] and [[Pratibha Patil]], and Vice-President [[Hamid Ansari]] attended Modi's [[First swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi|swearing-in ceremony]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-27572807|title=At the scene: Sanjoy Majumder, BBC News, Delhi|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=26 December 2024|date=26 May 2014|archive-date=17 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241017210809/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-27572807|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:The former Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh addressing at the release of Book “MOVING ON… MOVING FORWARD A YEAR IN OFFICE”, published on the completion of One Year in the Office of the Vice President (cropped).JPG|thumb|In September 2018, Singh delivered a book speech.]]
In 2016, it was announced that Singh was to take up a position at [[Panjab University]] as the Jawaharlal Nehru Chair, which he eventually did not.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.asian-voice.com/News/India/North/Former-PM-Manmohan-Singh-returns-to-teaching |title=Former PM Manmohan Singh returns to teaching |publisher=Asian Voice |date=13 April 2016 |access-date=15 August 2016 |archive-date=22 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822142930/https://www.asian-voice.com/News/India/North/Former-PM-Manmohan-Singh-returns-to-teaching |url-status=live }}</ref> He was [[2019 Rajya Sabha elections|elected]] as the Rajya Sabha MP for [[Rajasthan]] in 2019, succeeding BJP MP [[Madan Lal Saini]]. Singh retired from the Rajya Sabha in April 2024 and was succeeded by [[Sonia Gandhi]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Manmohan Singh to end 33 years stint in RS on Apr 3; Sonia Gandhi to begin first |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/manmohan-singh-to-end-33-years-stint-in-rs-on-apr-3-sonia-gandhi-to-begin-first/articleshow/107698236.cms |work=The Times of India |date=14 February 2024 |access-date=1 March 2024 |archive-date=17 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217051627/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/manmohan-singh-to-end-33-years-stint-in-rs-on-apr-3-sonia-gandhi-to-begin-first/articleshow/107698236.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>