'Venkaiah Naidu's one-liners are wit liners': PM Modi as RS bids farewell to Vice President
New Delhi, August 8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the retiring Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu for the variety of roles he played throughout his long political career and complimented him on his witty one-liners on Monday.
Two days ahead of Naidu's retirement, PM Modi delivered a farewell speech in the Rajya Sabha and said he has worked with Naidu closely over the years and seen him take up different responsibilities and perform each of them with great dedication.
Lauding the power of speech of the vice President, the Prime Miniter stated, "The one-liners of Venkaiah Naidu ji are famous. They are wit-liners. His command over the languages has always been great."
"There is both depth and substance in what Venkaiah ji says," he added while initiating the farewell speech to honour the Vice President.
"You devoted a lot of time to youth welfare. A lot of your programmes were focused on Yuva Shakti," he added.
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"When we mark August 15th this year, it will be an Independence Day when the President, VP, Speaker and PM would have been born after Independence. And that too, each of them hail from very simple backgrounds," PM Modi stated.
The Prime Minister further said that one of the admirable things about Naidu ji is his passion for Indian languages and added that "this was reflected in how he presided over the House".
"He contributed to increased productivity of the Rajya Sabha. Around 70 per cent productivity of Rajya Sabha increased in your tenure and almost 177 Bills either passed or debate were held on them," PM added.
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominated M Venkaiah Naidu as its vice-presidential candidate in the 2017 election. India's 15th vice president, Naidu, is set to retire on August 10, 2022.
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