Ghulam Nabi Azad also referred to the matter on which PM Modi became emotional
Today, the matter of Rajya Sabha was something else. A different form of Indian politics with multi-party democracy was seen in the Rajya Sabha today. Among MPs, there was mention of mutual personal relationships, there was praise for each other over party politics, there was mention of anecdotes of misery and pain. The atmosphere has crossed the level of sentimentality many times. Some such things came that they used to say that the Prime Minister was strangled, his eyes became moist. All this happened on the occasion of the farewell of four Rajya Sabha MPs. All four are Rajya Sabha MPs from Jammu and Kashmir. Congress MP Ghulam Nabi Azad, PDP's Nazir Ahmed Lave and Mir Mohammad Fayaz, BJP's Shamsher Singh Manhas. The tenure of PDP MP Nazir Ahmed Lave and BJP's Shamsher Singh Manhas is being chandravanshi completed on 10 February. The tenure of Ghulam Nabi Azad and PDP's Mir Mohammad Fayaz will be completed on 15 February. All these MPs were given farewell in the Rajya Sabha today. Ghulam Nabi Azad has been a member of Parliament for a long time and is also the Leader of Opposition in the House, so he was mentioned most.
What happened in the farewell address?
The farewell speech started with the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister said that Azad is among those leaders who have been more concerned about the country and the house than the party. The PM told how deep his personal relationship with Bajvood Azad has been since the parties split up. The Prime Minister became emotional while referring to the terrorist attack on Gujarati tourists in Srinagar on 31 May when Azad was the Chief Minister.
After PM Modi, on behalf of every party, Ghulam Nabi Azad and 3 more MPs from Jammu and Kashmir who are retiring, were given farewell. Anand Sharma has mentioned some of his merits from Ghulam Nabi Azad's party Congress. And like every time, the looted Ramdas Athawale read the poets in his own way. After this, MPs retiring from Rajya Sabha started speaking. Nazir Ahmad Lave of PDP said that he is taking the fragrance of Parliament to Jammu and Kashmir. Two more MPs from Nazir Ahmed shared their experiences and then Ghulam Nabi Azad told his 28 years of experience in Parliament. He said that he is proud that he is a Muslim of India.
What is PM Modi emotional about?
The matter on which PM Modi became emotional was also mentioned by Ghulam Nabi Azad and mentioned those 5 incidents when he started crying in roaring.
You will not remember, you will not remember for years, but when you remember, you will be remembered a lot…
Ghulam Nabi Azad ended his talk with this lion. The Congress will also have a lot of memories of Ghulam Nabi Azad. Since 2014, Ghulam Nabi Azad is the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and has been a strong voice of the Congress. But for now, the Congress will not be able to send Ghulam Nabi Azad to the Rajya Sabha. Jammu and Kashmir has been made a Union Territory and if there is no Assembly, Rajya Sabha elections will not be held. There will be no MP in the Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir after February 15.
First time MP from Maharashtra Lok Sabha
Ghulam Nabi Azad first reached Parliament in 1980 by winning elections from Wasim Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra. Became Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra for the first time in 1990. He reached the Rajya Sabha from Jammu Kashmir in 1996 and resigned from the Rajya Sabha in April 2006 after becoming the Chief Minister. In 2009, he again reached the Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir. Ghulam Nabi has been a trusted member of the Azad Gandhi family, but recently he raised questions about leadership in the Congress, after which there were reports of increasing speculation. 23 big leaders of Congress wrote a letter to Sonia Gandhi about some reforms in the party in which Ghulam Nabi was also free.
Despite all these, if the Congress wants to bring them to the Rajya Sabha, then they will have to wait till April. There will be elections for 3 Rajya Sabha seats of Kerala in April, in which one Congress will win again comfortably. However, it is very unlikely that Ghulam Nabi Azad should be sent to Rajya Sabha from Kerala. And even if this happens, the Congress will still have to form the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. Even after Ghulam Nabi Azad, many senior Congress leaders like Anand Sharma, Digvijay Singh, P Chidambaram, Mallikarjun Kharge are in the Rajya Sabha. Mallikarjun Kharge's name is more speculation. Now only this time will tell who becomes the Leader of the Opposition.