Atal Bihari Vajpayee : The Bhishma Pitamah of Indian politics
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Prabhat Kishore
Contd from last Wednesday
He served as member of Parliament for over five decades, being elected ten times to the Lok Sabha and two times to the Rajya Sabha.
After the demise of DeenDayalUpadhyay in 1968, he became the President of “Jan Sangh” and strengthen the Party’s root at national level in co-operation with BalrajMadhok, NanajiDeshmukh, Lal Krishna Advani& others. In 1977, the Jan Sangh was merged with the newly constituted “Janata Party”. In 1980, Jan Sangh background cadres parted away from the Janata Party and formed a new political outfit Bharatiya Janata Party with Atalji as its first President.
When the Janata Party came to power in 1977, Atalji became the Foreign Minister. He created history by addressing the United Nations in Hindi. In the 1996 general election, the BJP emerged as the single largest party in the Lok Sabha and Atalji was sworn in as PM on the Westminster system; but he had to resign within 13 days as the BJP failed to muster the majority mark.
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Contd from last Wednesday
He served as member of Parliament for over five decades, being elected ten times to the Lok Sabha and two times to the Rajya Sabha.
After the demise of DeenDayalUpadhyay in 1968, he became the President of “Jan Sangh” and strengthen the Party’s root at national level in co-operation with BalrajMadhok, NanajiDeshmukh, Lal Krishna Advani& others. In 1977, the Jan Sangh was merged with the newly constituted “Janata Party”. In 1980, Jan Sangh background cadres parted away from the Janata Party and formed a new political outfit Bharatiya Janata Party with Atalji as its first President.
When the Janata Party came to power in 1977, Atalji became the Foreign Minister. He created history by addressing the United Nations in Hindi. In the 1996 general election, the BJP emerged as the single largest party in the Lok Sabha and Atalji was sworn in as PM on the Westminster system; but he had to resign within 13 days as the BJP failed to muster the majority mark.
(To be contd)