Indranee Rajah Opens Up About Being “Single & Not Seeing Anyone” And If She'd Use Dating Apps

CNA’s The Assembly, is having another Singaporean political figure back in the hot seat. This time, it's Indranee Rajah, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Finance who was a guest on the series where a panel of neurodivergent interviewers ask public figures a series of unscripted questions, no holds barred.

Things started formally enough, with questions about the Cabinet minister's political career and role models. Then one interviewer boldly asked if the 62-year-old was single, or dating anyone.

“I’m still single, and not seeing anybody in that sense that you mean. I think you mean dating, right?” Indranee replied with a laugh.

Another interviewer then asked if politics has robbed her of a dating life. She replied that politics has given her many opportunities and if it weren’t for it, she might not have been asked to come on The Assembly to meet them.

Indranee entered politics in 2006, where she served as Deputy Speaker of Parliament, a role she held until 2011 before moving on to other ministerial roles. She is currently a Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office.

When asked if she felt like a failure for not being able to settle down, Indranee simply replied: "There were some occasions where relationships don't go well. Then you start to doubt yourself and say, 'Is there something wrong with me?' But after reading up about it, talking to people, and so on, I figured out it is not me per se.

"Sometimes things are just not meant to be. And if they aren't, they aren't. But you shouldn't see that if you don't have a relationship, that there is something wrong with you. What is most important is that you must be comfortable in your own skin and be happy with who you are," she added.

Indranee also says it is up to one to ask if they are doing the right thing.

"Is what you are doing particularly nice, or would people react negatively to it, or are there areas where you can do better and improve?," she says, adding that she has taken a hard look many times on how she could do better.

One interviewer even asked if she would consider using dating apps.

“No, I don’t think so!” replied Indranee.

“I’ve nothing against dating apps. It is just I grew up in an era where this wasn’t a thing, and I’m not sure that it’s for me,” she explained.

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