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President Pranab Mukherjee with President-elect Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases the special book "Various Reports, 4th Volume of Selected Speeches of the President" at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday.[/caption]
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS): A day before President Pranab Mukherjee demits office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday lavished praise on him and said he never judged his government’s decisions or compared them with those made by previous governments.
“I was surprised while working with Pranab Da for three years that despite having been a part of the government for so long, and that too in key decision-making positions, he never judged or compared my government’s decisions by his past experiences,” Modi said.
Modi released a book titled “Selected Speeches of President - Volume 4” at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan here and presented the first copy to Mukherjee.“He always saw the decisions in the present context with the present realities,” the Prime Minister added.
Modi said although he and the President came from entirely different political backgrounds and were nurtured by different ideologies, “Pranab Da never let me feel that”.
Modi said it was due to the guidance of “guardian and fatherly figure” Mukherjee that he could learn the nitty-gritty of governance at the Centre. “I was new, had no experience at this level (Centre). I came from a state. But through his (Mukherjee’s) guidance we could do many things that we have done,” the Prime Minister said.
He said his every interaction with Mukherjee will serve as a guiding light in his life.
