PM Modi's Emotional Reply To 'Friend' Ghulam Nabi Azad In Rajya Sabha, Says ‘Won’t Let You Retire’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a tear in his eye in Parliament on February 9 during a farewell to a rival politician, Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad. PM Modi heaped praise on the Congress veteran who sat across him in the Rajya Sabha, and teared up as he shared an episode when they were both Chief Ministers - of Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir.

He referred to a 2007 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir on visitors from Gujarat. Azad was the first to call him to inform him about the incident. The Prime Minister said Azad's tears would not stop. "Power comes and goes. But how to handle it...," PM Modi broke off again & saluted him, letting that gesture speak more than words. Azad returned the praise, noting that the Prime Minister kept personal ties separate from the context of party politics.