Arun IPS and a member of the SPG group for Dr.Manmohan singh and now a minister in UP recalls this incident: Arun wrote, "Dr Sahab had only one car of his own — a Maruti 800. The car would be parked behind the sparking BMW at the Prime Minister's Residence. Manmohan Ji used of often tell me, 'Asim, I don't like to drive around in this car [BMW]. This [Maruti 800] is my car.' I used to tell him that the BMW is not for his personal glory but has been picked by the SPG for its security features. However, every time the cavalcade would drive by the Maruti, he used to look at his car longingly as he was repeating his pledge in his head: 'I am a middle-class person and it is my job to think about the concerns of commoners. This car worth crores is of the PM. My car is Maruti.'"