Ghulam Nabi Azad Struggles to Hold Back Tears in RS as He Recounts 2007 Attack in Farewell Speech After over two decades of serv...

Ghulam Nabi Azad Struggles to Hold Back Tears in RS as He Recounts 2007 Attack in Farewell Speech

After over two decades of service and powerful debates, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress stalwart, Ghulam Nabi Azad, signed off from the Upper House in a poignant speech, leaving Parliamentarians emotional. Azad and Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a rare passionate moment as the latter broke down while bidding adieu to the Congress leader, while recollecting a tragic incident of terrorism at a time when both the politicians were serving as Chief Ministers in the respective states – Jammu and Kashmir and Gujarat.

Following PM Modi’s farewell speech, Azad recalled the 2007 terrorist attack in Kashmir, when a grenade was lobbed at a bus carrying tourists from Gujarat, during his tenure as the Chief Minister of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. He emotionally spoke of how the families and children of the victims moved the former CM to tears. "I pray to God that militancy and terrorism end in this country," Azad said.