 "Venkaiah Naidu")
Honourable Members, we will now take up ‘Farewell to the Retiring Members’. In the Rajya Sabha, we have this change every two years and this change co-exists alongside continuity. The new members come with a new outlook, a new orientation and a new insight and they will certainly have the benefit of learning from some of the veteran Members who have excelled in their parliamentary work. This principle of continuity is the hallmark of Rajya Sabha and we take pride in the strength of this fine blend of continuity with change.
This time, we are bidding farewell to many stalwarts of
