In the Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi became emotional on Tuesday on the occasion of the farewell of Ghulam Nabi Azad, Leader of Opposition and senior Congress member. Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has reacted to this. Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emotional speech on the occasion of the farewell of Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad in the Rajya Sabha as “acting as intended”.
In a discussion on former Vice President Hamid Ansari’s book ‘Bai Meni a Happy Accident: Recall of a Life’, Shashi Tharoor said, ‘It was a very well acted. This was partly in response to (farmer leader) Rakesh Tikait. He decided that he also had tears. ‘ Let us tell you that Rocket Tikait had recently become emotional about the peasant movement.
In fact, on Tuesday, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s term in the Upper House was completed and he was given a bid. On this occasion, PM Modi described him as a great friend and said, “The next Leader of the House, the Opposition, will face difficulties in meeting the standards set by Azad.” The way Azad cared for his party, he also cared about the House and the country. He said that Azad, while holding the post of Leader of Opposition, never tried to establish dominance.
The Prime Minister said that Azad was the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat. In those days there was a terrorist attack on tourists in Kashmir and some tourists were killed. Among them were tourists from Gujarat. At first, Ghulam Nabi Azad called him and informed him and his tears were not stopping. I requested the then Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee to provide an army airplane to bring the mortal remains of the tourists, which he accepted. Azad called again at night from airport.
PM Modi said ‘It was a very emotional moment for me. The next day, Azad received a call again and asked if Modi ji, everyone reached. ‘He said’ I respect Azad very much, seeing the events and experience as a friend. ‘ Sharing some memories, the Prime Minister said that while he was contemplating calling a meeting of leaders of various parties in the House on the Kovid-19 epidemic, Azad telephoned and suggested to call a meeting of leaders of all parties. Modi said, “I considered that suggestion and that suggestion was useful.
