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Hamid Ansari gets accolades & brickbats on last day as vice-president

Ansari could freely pursue his basic ideology now after shedding Constitutional duties, says PM Modi

Hamid Ansari
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Hamid Ansari

Archis Mohan New Delhi
On the last day of his 10-year tenure as the vice president of India, M Hamid Ansari was pilloried on social media by Sangh Parivar affiliates for his comment that there was unease among minorities as the “ambience of acceptance” was now under threat.
 
In Parliament, when the Rajya Sabha sat on Thursday morning to bid adieu to Ansari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Ansari’s diplomatic stint in West Asia had an influence on him. He said Ansari could freely pursue his “basic ideology” now after shedding Constitutional duties.
 
In his speech as the chairman of the Rajya