President Pranab Mukherjee Guided Me Like a Mentor: PM Modi

As Mukherjee completed four years in office, Modi paid tribute to him as the man who guided him like a mentor.

As President Pranab Mukherjee completed four years in office on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had only words of praise for him.

Inaugurating a story-telling museum in Rashtrapati Bhavan, Modi paid tribute to Mukherjee as a man who set aside his “political differences” to “mentor” him.

We learn from President Mukherjee how people from diverse political backgrounds can work together: PM @narendramodi

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 25, 2016

The contribution of President Mukherjee to India is immense. And he has given a lot to the office of the President also: PM @narendramodi

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 25, 2016

I was new to the world of Delhi. The atmosphere was new to me. On many subjects, the President, like a guardian, a mentor, held my finger and guided me. Very few people are as privileged as I am.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Acknowledging and appreciating the initiatives taken by Mukherjee to preserve history at Rashtrapati Bhavan and also its restoration, Modi added that the President has significantly served the nation in his long public life.

My political background is different, President’s political background is different but we can feel every moment in his company how people with different political upbringing can work shoulder-to-shoulder in democracy.

He also added that:

“If there is government of a person of a different political party, yet the schemes of that government become schemes of Rashtrapati Bhavan, this greatness can only be shown by Pranab da,” Modi said.

Source: PTI