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Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee is an Indian politician who was the 10th Prime Minister of India, first term for 13 days in 1996 and then from 1998 to 2004. A Padma-Vibhushan awardee, he was the first head of government from outside the Congress party to serve a full five-year term from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The leader has also received the highest honour, Bharat Ratna in 2015 and his birthday was declared 'Good Governance Day'. Other than his political views, Vajpayee is well praised for his poetry.

Lucknow poll will be fought on Vajpayee's legacy
Politics | Mar 20, 2014, 04:27 PM
Lucknow: Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's name evokes a lot of respect here and the contest for Lucknow, from where BJP president and former state chief minister Rajnath Singh is contesting this time, will
Trinamool is an anarchy that works: Kabir Suman
Politics | Mar 17, 2014, 02:14 PM
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress “is an anarchy with an autocrat” at the helm but it's an “anarchy which works”, says rebel MP Kabir Suman, describing a party wobbling in its efforts to create ripples at
Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla says, Atal, Advani era in BJP has ended
Politics | Mar 17, 2014, 09:32 AM
Bhopal: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla, who quit BJP and joined Congress recently, on Sunday said the era of veteran leaders like Vajpayee and L K Advani in the saffron party
Congress leaders speak as if they come from Mars: Modi
Politics | Mar 01, 2014, 11:42 AM
Hubli: BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today slammed Congress and its leaders for their attitude towards various problems faced by the country, especially women's issues, saying "they speak as though they have come from
Modi urges people to vote for the country, not the party
Politics | Jan 12, 2014, 10:33 PM
Panaji: In an apparent reference to the media blitzkrieg around the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi supported decentralisation of power here today, while toeing his “vote for the country,
Interesting facts to know about former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Politics | Jun 18, 2014, 06:58 AM
New Delhi: The veteran politician Atal Bihari Vajpayee created a niche for himself through his subtle and calm approach. Loaded with four decade long experiences in the field of politics Vajpayee was able to create
PDP, like AAP, brought in new moral factor in politics: Mufti
Politics | Dec 15, 2013, 07:03 PM
Jammu: Asserting that PDP in 2002, like Aam Aadami Party (AAP) now, had introduced a new moral factor in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir, party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today recalled how the party

Can't Disclose Modi-Vajpayee Letters of 2002 Riots: PMO
Politics | Dec 15, 2013, 05:54 PM
New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office has refused to disclose communication exchanged between former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Chief Minister Narendra Modi during the 2002 Gujarat riots even after 11 years.Responding to an
Fearing bad luck, Vajpayee got his house number changed
Politics | Nov 29, 2013, 11:17 AM
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee got his bungalow number changed from 8 to 6-A, Krishna Menon Marg, as the number 8 was considered unlucky, a response to an RTI query reveals. RTI
Vajpayee did not follow Raj Dharma in Gujarat: Manish Tewari
Politics | Nov 17, 2013, 09:26 PM
New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari today said that former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee did not follow Raj Dharma after the 2002 Gujarat riots in which more than 1,000 Muslims were killed.
Rajnath Singh criticises UPA for failing to control inflation
Politics | Nov 15, 2013, 07:58 PM
Morena (MP): BJP President Rajnath Singh blamed the Congress-led UPA government here today for failing to control rising inflation and claimed that during NDA rule, inflation was unable to raise its head for six years
Jyotiraditya blames Atal, Sushma for backwardness of Vidisha
Politics | Sep 30, 2013, 09:20 PM
Raisen (MP): Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia today said Vidisha-Raisen region in Madhya Pradesh remained backward despite it being represented earlier by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.Scindia also alleged that Leader of Opposition in Lok
Will Modi toe the RSS line?
Politics | Sep 15, 2013, 09:42 AM
New Delhi: Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) cadres burst firecrackers and beat drums to celebrate Narendra Modi's nomination as the party's prime ministerial candidate, it was in the quiet environs of the Rashtriya

Delhi finance secretary Shakti Sinha wants to quit
India | Aug 12, 2013, 07:30 AM
New Delhi, Aug 12 : Delhi Finance Secretary Shakti Sinha, who once served as joint secretary to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Sunday said he has sought voluntary retirement from service due to personal
Amartya Sen offers to return Bharat Ratna, if Vajpayee asks
Politics | Jul 25, 2013, 05:21 PM
New Delhi, Jul 25: A major slugfest erupted today over BJP MP Chandan Mitra's demand for stripping nobel laureate Amartya Sen of the Bharat Ratna award and the economist offering to return it if Atal
Interesting facts to know about former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Politics | Jul 20, 2013, 10:22 AM
New Delhi: The veteran politician Atal Bihari Vajpayee created a niche for himself through his subtle and calm approach. Loaded with four decade long experiences in the field of politics Vajpayee was able to create
Modi comfortable in first big outing, invokes Vajpayee
Politics | Jun 24, 2013, 10:37 AM
Madhopur (Punjab), June 24: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's first major public outing as a national-level leader of the BJP may have been given a miss by the party's top brass but he surely did
Schoolbags with Atal, Modi photos distributed in Vadodara
India | Jun 21, 2013, 12:10 PM
Vadodara, Jun 21: Photographs of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi feature on schoolbags distributed by Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) on Thursday.The schoolbags were handed out as part of
Schoolbags with Atal, Modi photos distributed in Vadodara
Politics | Jun 21, 2013, 12:18 PM
Vadodara, Jun 21: Photographs of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi feature on schoolbags distributed by Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) on Thursday.The schoolbags were handed out as part of
BJP denies reports about former PM Vajpayee's health
Politics | Jun 05, 2013, 11:13 PM
New Delhi, Jun 5: The Bharatiya Janata Party today issued a press release to deny news reports about former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's health.The press release said: "Some newspapers have published speculative reports about

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