Former Congress chief and Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chief Ghulam Nabi Azad has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and mentioned that he should give him credit score for not taking revenge and being a statesman regardless of of what he (Ghulam) did to him because the Leader of Opposition (LoP).
“I must give credit to Modi. For what I did to him, he was too generous. As Leader of the Opposition I did not spare him on any issue be it Article 370 or CAA or hijab. I got some Bills totally failed but I must give him the credit that he behaved like a statesman, not taking revenge for that,” Ghulam Nabi Azad mentioned in an interview with ANI.
Responding as to if G23 (insurgent group of senior Congress chief) has any closeness with the BJP, Ghulam Nabi Azad mentioned, “That is stupid. If G23 was spokesperson of the BJP, why they are made MPs by Congress? Why have they made them MPs, general secretaries and office bearers? I’m the only one who formed the party. The rest of the people are still there. It is ill-conceived, immature and childish allegation.”
Speaking on earlier era of Congress stalwarts, Azad mentioned, “Nehru ji, Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi could bear the shock, they had endurance, they had public support and respect and with their work over a period of time, they could rebound. Current Congress leadership has no influence over people.”
“I don’t want to expose and totally demolish Congress. I may have some differences with leadership, but I have no differences with Congress party or Congress ideology. I have no difference of opinion with Congress ideology or earlier Congress leadership. Of course here and there in my book, I mentioned what went wrong during Nehru ji’s time, Indira ji’s time, Rajiv ji’s time but I also said they were tall leaders.”
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