India, July 30 -- Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan on Thursday, July 30, said the Sangh Parivar and a section of media that had "hounded" former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the coal block allocation scam should apologise to him following his acquittal by the Supreme Court.

In posts on Facebook and 'X', Satheesan quoted a line by Singh -- "Let history judge what I did and did not do. I believe history will be kinder to me than the media" -- and said that the late Congress leader was right.

"How right you were, #DrManmohanSingh Ji. Looking back at where the nation would be without your leadership only reveals your true greatness. Yesterday, the Supreme Court put an end to the 11-year coal block allocation case, firmly rejecting ...