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India wishes Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 89th birthday
BJP icon Narendra Modi on Tuesday, Dec 25 wished Mr Vajpayee while tweeting, "Heartfelt birthday wishes to Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji, a colossal figure in Indian Politics who has inspired millions."
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday inaugurated an exhibition on the personality and deeds of Mr Vajpayee.
Atal
Bihari
Vajpayee
An
eminent
journalist
and
poet
came
in
the
politics
in
1942,
when
he
was
arrested
during
the
Quit
India
movement.
He became the first President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 1980. With the pace of time, BJP became a prominent political party in India beside Congress and Vajpayee always has been found to fight for BJP.
Vajpayee
as
PM
of
India
In
1996,
political
energy
and
expansion
made
BJP
the
single-largest
political
party
in
the
Lok
Sabha
election.
Vajpayee
sworned
as
the
Prime
Minister
but
due
to
lack
of
support
from
other
parties
to
form
a
majority,
he
resigned
from
his
post.
Following the fall of two governments simultaneously, BJP again came in the power in 1998 but again the back out by Jayalalitha led AIADMK in 2009, BJP struggled to hold majority and the country returned to elections with Vajpayee remaining the "care-taker Prime Minister".
During this hard time, BJP led NDA government faced several hard challenges and the hurdles proved Vajpayee's ability to remain the Prime Minister of the country.
During this tenure, India marked its niche as the nuclear weapon having country as the nation conducted five underground nuclear tests in Pokhran in Rajasthan.
Then came the time for the Lahore summit where Vajpayee began a push for a full-scale diplomatic peace process with Pakistan.
Soon after the summit, Pakistan launched Kargil war and Vajpayee led NDA government handled the crisis situation tactfully and finally, India was successful to protect the country.
Vajpayee's
new
innings
as
PM
On
Oct
13,
1999,
Atal
Bihari
Vajpayee
once
again
took
oath
as
Prime
Minister
of
India
but
this
time
for
the
third
time.
The coalition government that was formed lasted its full term of 5 years - the only non-Congress government to do so.
Once again, NDA government faced obstacles in its reign as
- Indian Airlines Flight 814
- National Highways Development Project, foreign policy and economic reform
- Attack on Parliament (2001)
In 2004 when National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was widely expected to retain power after the 2004 general election, lost the election and Congress led UPA government came in power.
In 2005, Vajpayee, finally, announced publicly, "I will not participate in any electoral politics. from now onwards, Lal Krishna Advani and Pramod Mahajan will be the Ram-Laxman (the two godly brothers much revered and worshiped by Hindus) of the BJP."
Though Vajpayee retired from his political duty, the nation still remembers his contribution and zeals and on his 89th Birthday, OneIndia wishes him a Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas.
OneIndia News
