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I respect politicians from humble backgrounds, says Janardan Dwivedi

Dwivedi says he had great respect and regard for those who were born in poor families and became successful in life, as also for the ordinary party workers who made it big

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Congress Leader Janardhan Dwivedi at Parliament on Friday.
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As Rajya Sabha bade farewell to three Congress members from Delhi, senior party leader Janardan Dwivedi gave a thought provoking speech, lauding political leaders, who come from a humble origin and rise.

Dwivedi said he had great respect and regard for those who were born in poor families and became successful in life, as also for the ordinary party workers who made it big.

"From a philosophical point of view, our sympathy and goodwill could be with the pain and sufferings of the poor.But if one has not lived that pain or suffered it, then one cannot become a true and complete leader. Nor can one become a complete intellectual. I have held this belief right from the beginning," said Dwivedi, who has often found his stand at variance with the party stand on many issues in past.

He also flagged his humble origins saying he was born in a mud house, which was painted with soil and cow-dung paste. When he talked about internal contradiction in one's personality, he significantly said when you are in an organisation, certain decorums have to be maintained.

He also recalled a poem that he had penned in 1996 saying he is mentioning the year as people might wonder at whom it is hinting.

Apart from Dwivedi, the other two Rajya Sabha MPs, who are retiring are party veteran from Jammu and Kashmir Karan Singh and Parvez Hashmi. They were given farewell in the House on Friday as their date of retirement is January 27, two days before Budget session begins.

The functioning Rajya Sabha, which recorded noisy scenes over issues including triple talaq for a number of days, began on an altogether different note on last of Winter Session with the House blurring political lines talked about the need to introspect why brilliant debates in the House are becoming rare and disruptions more frequent and the veterans freely sharing their views about leadership.

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad recalled his interactions with Karan Singh and Dwivedi.The minister said, in Karan Singh, he saw a 'philospher King', as envisaged by Aristotle. As Karan Singh completed his speech, Naidu commented that hearing him was a "feast".

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  • Dwivedi said he had great respect and regard for those who were born in poor families and became successful in life, as also for the ordinary party workers who made it big. He also flagged his humble origins saying he was born in a mud house.
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