Parliamentarians across party line gave outgoing Vice-President Hamid Ansari a grand farewell at GMC Balayogi Auditorium at Parliament in New Delhi on Thursday.
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Outgoing Vice-President Hamid Ansari was on Thursday accorded a warm farewell by leaders from across the political spectrum, at GMC Balayogi Auditorium at Parliament in New Delhi. PTI
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Cabinet colleagues, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, former prime minister Manmohan Singh, deputy speaker M Thambidurai and vice-president elect Venkaiah Naidu were present for the farewell. PTI
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Narendra Modi praised Hamid Ansari by saying that he had done his best to uphold the Constitution. Modi also said that, “From now on you will be free to act, talk and work in accordance with your basic political ideology and instinct.” PTI
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The outgoing vice-president was presented a scroll by deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha PJ Kurien. Recently, Hamid Ansari had evoked a controversy where he said that “a sense of insecurity was creeping in among Muslims because of the vigilantism and intolerance”. PTI
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Former prime minister Manmohan Singh also hailed his contribution in the House and said the country keeps on progressing despite challenges largely because of people like him. PTI

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