राजा ने पत्रकारों से कहा, ‘‘लोग उनसे सहमत हों या असहमत वे मुखरता से राष्ट्रहित में अपने विचार रखते थे।
"Whether people agreed with him or not, he was very forthright in articulating his views keeping in view the interests of the country," Raja told reporters.