Thought PM Modi to be crude man but he showed humanity: Ghulam Nabi Azad

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

New
Delhi,
Aug
29:
Former
Congress
Leader
Ghulam
Nabi
Azad
on
Monday
referring
to
a
speech
by
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
–
said
he
had
a
wrong
perception
of
the
leader
of
the
country
earlier.
“I
used
to
think
PM
Modi
is
a
crude
man
but
he
showed
humanity,”
the
73-year-old
former
union
minister
said.

Speaking
to
reporters
at
his
residence,
Azad
explained
why
PM
Modi
teared
up
in
Parliament
during
a
farewell
speech
when
his
Rajya
Sabha
tenure
ended
last
year.
The
tears
have
been
making
news
again
ever
since
Mr
Azad
left
the
Congress
last
week.

#WATCH
|
“I
thought
PM
Modi
to
be
a
crude
man
but
he
showed
humanity,”
says
Ghulam
Nabi
Azad

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August
29,
2022

“Read
the
contents
of
his
speech.
PM
Modi
was
not
talking
about
being
sad
at
my
leaving
the
House.
He
was
talking
about
an
incident,”
said
Azad.

“Some
tourists
from
Gujarat
had
died
in
a
grenade
attack
in
Kashmir
(in
2006),
when
I
was
chief
minister
there.
Modi
saheb,
who
was
chief
minister
of
Gujarat,
called
my
office.
But
I
was
choked
up,
crying
at
how
brutal
the
killings
were.
I
could
not
speak
with
him.
He
heard
me
crying
as
my
staff
brought
the
phone
close
to
me,”
he
recounted.

“Modi
kept
calling
my
office
for
updates.
Later,
as
I
was
seeing
off
the
two
planes
carrying
the
bodies
and
those
injured,
families
of
the
victims
were
howling
in
grief.
I
started
weeping
too.
He
probably
saw
me
in
tears
on
TV.
He
called
but,
again,
I
could
not
speak,”
he
said.

“I
used
to
think
Modi
saheb
must
be
a
crude
man,”
Azad
added,
speaking
to
reporters
about
the
crying
episode,
“I
thought
he
won’t
care…
since
he
does
not
have
a
wife
or
any
kids.
But,
at
least,
he
showed
humanity.”

Attacking
the
Congress
yet
again,
days
after
his
exit,
Azad,
told
reporters:
“Modi
is
an
excuse,
they
have
had
an
issue
with
me
since
the
G23
letter
was
written.
They
never
wanted
anyone
to
write
to
them,
question
them…
Several
(Congress)
meetings
happened,
but
not
even
a
single
suggestion
was
taken.”

“I
didn’t
sleep
for
6
days
before
and
after
writing
the
letter
(G23)
because
we
gave
blood
for
the
party.
People
there
today
are
useless.
It’s
saddening
that
Congress
has
such
spokesmen
who
don’t
even
know
about
us,”
he
said.

Actions
galore
in
Azad
camp
as
aide
claims
new
national
party
‘soon’

”Congress
leadership
has
no
time
for
setting
things
right
and
its
state
leaders
making
party
members
leave
instead
of
uniting,
said
Ghulam
Nabi
Azad.
My
respect
for
Sonia
Gandhi
is
same
as
30
yrs
back,
respect
for
Rahul
Gandhi
is
same
as
that
befitting
Indira
Gandhi’s
family,Rajiv-Sonia
Gandhi’s
son.
Personally,I
pray
for
his
long
life.
We
tried
to
make
him
a
successful
leader
but
he’s
not
interested..,”
said
the
minister.

Amid
the
buzz
that
he
is
set
to
float
his
new
party,
Azad
was
also
asked
if
he
would
join
the
BJP.
He
said
will
not
join
BJP
as
it
will
not
help
my
politics
in
Jammu
&
Kashmir.
“This
is
Congress
propaganda
against
me”
he
said.