URL copied Modi’s tears and words: Commitment to democracy Parliament was witness to poignant scenes of emotion on Tuesday when the nationâs tallest leader had tears in his eyes when he was bidding farewell to the leader of the opposition. This was a unique moment which I was praying for, since decades. Â It was a day of farewell for Ghulam Nabi Azad, one of the senior Congress leaders and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha. In his speech bidding adieu to Azad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recollected a terror attack that took place in Srinagar 14 years ago, when Azad was the chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir. Terrorists had lobbed a grenade at a bus carrying tourists from Gujarat, in which four tourists died.