Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday got a surprising support when Mulayam Singh Yadav, a renowned Anti-BJP leader of Samajwadi Party congratulated him and wished him luck to win the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections.
''Aap fir bane pradhan mantri (My best wishes are that you become Prime Minister again),'' said Yadav during his valedictory speech on the last working session day of the 16th Lok Sabha.
Congratulating PM Modi, he said ''Main aapko badhai deta hoon (I congratulate you). I wish all members that they return to this House.''
Mr Yadav praised the Prime Minister for taking along everybody.
The PM, in response, also folded his hands and smilingly thanked the veteran leader for his blessings.
The Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal thanked PM and said the Prime Minister took certain decisions because of the strong majority, the NDA enjoyed.
She also thanked the Prime Minister for removing GST from the 'langar' (community kitchen), which all governments had imposed as central tax for past 70 years.
She lauded Mr Modi for all the efforts for Kartarpur Corridor and the SIT formed for the 1984 riots victims.
Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, LJP, described the Prime Minister as ''soft from inside'' although he looked tough externally.
He said there was no vacancy for the Prime Minister's post in 2019 and lauded all the schemes rolled out by the government.
Among others H D Deve Gowda (JD-S) and Anandrao Adsul (Shiv Sena) also spoke.