Hyderabad: Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu who had a long association with former Union minister S. Jaipal Reddy said he was a great orator and an intellectual giant who had the ability to analyse every issue.
Speaking to reporters after paying homage to the departed leader at his residence and consoling his family, Mr Naidu said Jaipal Reddy’s political life should become a role model for other politicians “I really feel very sorry for the sad demise of my friend, colleague, senior and the best parliamentarian,” he said.
The V-P recalled that he and Jaipal Reddy were together in the then Opposition in the Assembly in undivided Andhra Pradesh and used to take turns to corner the government of the day. “The ruling party members used to call us Tirupati Venkata Kavulu (famous Telugu poet duo in the early 1900s),” he recalled.
