Atal Bihari Vajpayee - The BJP is not a party dependent on a single

The BJP is not a party dependent on a single individual, nor is it tied to the apron strings of a family.

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Vajpayee, Atal Bihari. State of the Nation. Shipra Publications, 1996, p. 45.

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About the Author

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Born: December 25, 1924
Died: August 16, 2018
Nationality: Indian
Profession: Bharat Ratna

Biography

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was an Indian statesman who served three terms as the Prime Minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 to 1999, followed by a full term from 1999 to 2004. Vajpayee was one of the co-founders and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation. He was the first Indian prime minister not of the Indian National Congress to serve a full term in office. He was also noted as a poet and a writer.

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