Modi’s letter shows the kind of respect PM should have for President: Shah

TIL Desk/National/Rohtak (Haryana)/ BJP chief Amit Shah on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s letter to Pranab Mukherjee on his last day as president had set an example about the kind of respect and behaviour that should be shown towards the person holding the highest constitutional office.

The letter was shared by the former president on Twitter today. Shah said Modi’s letter spelt out the bond between the two leaders from different political ideologies and was an example of how by rising above party lines, the prestige of the highest constitutional post could be enhanced with mutual respect.

“I read the letter after it was shared on the social media. Modiji is emotional by nature. But, the way he praised Mukherjee in the letter, I believe that in the coming decades, the kind of respect and behaviour a prime minister should have towards the president, PM Modi has set an example in this regard,” he said at a press conference here.

Shah also said, “The prime minister has always been of the belief that the prestige of the highest (constitutional) post should be protected and enhanced. Today, a good example has been set in the country’s politics (over the PM’s letter)”. “Pranab Da, you have always been a father figure and a mentor to me,” an emotional Modi had written in the letter to Mukherjee.