Opinion | Why Congress should not let Ghulam Nabi Azad retire

The political pundits are busy decoding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tearful farewell to retiring Rajya Sabha member of the Congress Ghulam Nabi Azad. What did the PM mean when he gestured in the emotional speech that his ‘doors were always open’ for Azad and ‘he would not let him retire? What made Azad assert that he was proud to be a ‘Hindustani Muslims’? Questions like these are buzzing in the political circles and speculations are rife on the Congress veteran’s next move.