President Pranab Mukherjee guided me like a father figure: PM Narendra Modi
I will never forget that when I came to Delhi, I had someone like Pranab Da to guide me, said PM Narendra Modi.

"Like a father figure, Pranab Da has guided me. He would tell me, Modi ji please take adequate rest, take care of your health," said PM Modi during the launch of a book ' President A Statesman' in Rashtrapati Bhawan.
PM Modi said that he was privileged to work with President Mukherjee.
"I will never forget that when I came to Delhi, I had someone like Pranab Da to guide me........It is my privilege that I got to work with Shri Pranab Mukherjee," said Modi.
Like a father figure, Pranab Da has guided me. He would tell me, Modi ji please take adequate rest, take care of your health: PM
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 2, 2017
Talking about the book, PM said, "The Presidency is much more than protocol. Through the photographs in the book, we see the human side of our President & we feel proud."
"When I was CM I worked with Nawal Kishore Sharma ji, who was the Governor. He was previously associated with the Congress Party....I must also share that during the Emergency, I got to work with leaders and workers of very different ideologies," said Modi.
I will never forget that when I came to Delhi, I had someone like Pranab Da to guide me: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 2, 2017
Modi also said that newspapers show some aspects of a leader but there are more aspects to a leader than only what is published and written in the papers.
The praise comes in the backdrop of constant support by the President on the new set of reforms being carried out by the present government.
President Pranab Mukherjee's term ends on 24th of July.
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