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Derek O'Brien pointed out that Prasad's speech mentioned PM Modi 13 times on the President's address

On Thursday, the Rajya Sabha took up a discussion on the Motion of Thanks for the President’s address to the joint sitting of Parliament. Since the discussion is likely to last a couple of days, the Opposition decided to field its best speakers sparingly — at the rate of two every day for maximum impact. On Thursday, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Derek O’Brien were the speakers. Samajwadi Party’s Neeraj Shekhar turned out to be a surprise. From the government’s side, it was Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. He came in for criticism from O’Brien and Shekhar. O'Brien pointed out that