Day after Cong-23 raised pitch, Ghulam Nabi Azad praises PM: Doesn’t cover his true self

A day after among the senior Congress leaders who’ve been demanding reforms within the occasion reiterated their name for change, considered one of them, Ghulam Nabi Azad, praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi as somebody who “does not hide his true self”.
Speaking at a operate organised by the Gujjar Desh Chartiable Trust in Jammu on Sunday, Azad drew parallels between himself and the Prime Minister, saying that like him, Modi too hailed from a village and has not forgotten his roots.
“I like a number of issues about many leaders. There are many huge leaders. Even our Prime Minister comes from a village and he used to promote tea. We are political rivals, however I admire the truth that he doesn’t cover his true self,’’ he mentioned, including that one must be pleased with oneself.
“I am also from a village and I feel proud of it. I have travelled the whole world and I have stayed in 5-star and 7-star hotels, but when I sit down with people from my village… the fragrance… the feeling is unmatched,” he mentioned.
Azad’s remarks haven’t gone down nicely with many Congress leaders. Congress MP from Tamil Nadu Jothimani tweeted, “Dear Gulam Nabi Azad Ji you can praise Modi Ji as much as you want. But pls remember he tore Kashmir into pieces. This is the state & its people who made what you been for decades along with @incindia.”
Azad’s reward comes days after the PM bid the senior Congress chief an emotional farewell on his retirement from the Rajya Sabha.
Breaking down as he recalled his shut affiliation with Azad, the PM had mentioned, “At a personal level, I would request him (Azad) to not consider that he is not in the House. My door is always open for all of you… I will always expect, and value, your views… I will not let you retire.”
Azad additionally turned emotional throughout his response, saying the BJP has at all times been a part of “nationalist politics”, and he felt “proud” that he was a “Hindustani Muslim”.
Earlier, Anand Sharma, one other member of the group of 23 Congress leaders, who had written to Sonia Gandhi searching for far-reaching modifications within the occasion, had made feedback that have been seen as appreciative of the federal government’s efforts in dealing with the Covid disaster.
Addressing a FICCI convention in December, Sharma had mentioned that regardless of the problem posed by the pandemic, India was not overwhelmed and the nation responded with grit as a nation.

“This is a credit to our people, to our society and to the government. We all got together as a nation to respond to a situation, which was beyond us,” he mentioned.

On one other event, Sharma mentioned that India has elevated its well being infrastructure and congratulated each the Central and state governments for working collectively.
With inputs from ENS, New Delhi