Leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday came in for praise in the Rajya Sabha from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who took a dig at the opposition party by telling it that 'Modi hai tou mauka lijiye' (Modi is here, seize the chance)

"Azad sahib hamesha saumya bhasha ka istemaal karte hain; unhone J&K mein elections ki tareef ki hai lekin mujhe darr lagta hai... aapki party isse uchit disha me lenge. Kahin G-23 ke rai maan ke iss se ulta na kar de (Azad always uses polite language; he has even praised elections in Jammu and Kashmir. But I am afraid... your party should take it in the right spirit and not do something opposite by thinking that it is an advice from G-23 (group of 23 Congress leaders who wrote to Sonia Gandhi)," the Prime Minister remarked while replying to the Motion of Thanks on the President's address to Parliament.