Vajpayee saw gun was no solution in Kashmir
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Vajpayee saw gun was no solution in Kashmir

Hindustan Times  

Atal Bihari Vajpayee is remembered in Kashmir for his April 2003 speech in Srinagar in which he extended his hand of friendship to Pakistan. For separatist leader Abdul Gani Bhat, Vajpayee rose “above everything in choosing to address the Kashmir issue”. Former Central University of Kashmir dean Noor Baba said Vajpayee was ready to take a difficult path. “He had the clarity and had reached that maturity to realise that India has to make peace with Pakistan.” Peoples Democratic Party leader Waheed ur Rehman said Vajpayee “won hearts of Kashmiris” because he conveyed to them that they “are owners of the Valley”. CPI leader Mohammad Yusuf Taragami said the first unilateral ceasefire during the fasting month of Ramzan was observed under Vajpayee’s rule in 2000.

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J&K Situation Would Be Different If Vajpayee's Approach Wasn't Forgotten: CM Omar Abdullah
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J&K Situation Would Be Different If Vajpayee's Approach Wasn't Forgotten: CM Omar Abdullah

ABP News  

J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah pays tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, highlighting his efforts to bridge divides and improve the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. Abdullah emphasizes Vajpayee's landmark 1999 visit to Pakistan and his consistent efforts to reduce tensions in the region. He acknowledges that Vajpayee's approach was forgotten after his departure, but emphasizes that his …

Vajpayee's Legacy: How He Shaped Jammu and Kashmir's Future
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Vajpayee's Legacy: How He Shaped Jammu and Kashmir's Future

India Today  

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's approach to restoring peace in Jammu and Kashmir is remembered by the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. He emphasized Vajpayee's efforts to improve the situation and open cross-border routes. Abdullah acknowledged Vajpayee's contributions and listed out his steps to improve cross-border relations.

Remembering Vajpayee, warrior with will to win
1 year ago

Remembering Vajpayee, warrior with will to win

Hindustan Times  

On Christmas, India remembered former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the beginning of his centenary year. On the nuclear tests, he followed his predecessors’ policy and told us, “Saamigri tayyar thi, maine toh sirf visphot kiya.” Vajpayee took the bus journey to sign the Lahore Declaration with then prime minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan. Immediately after I briefed the …

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was my guardian, his career is guiding force for the nation, says former BJP general secretary KN Govindacharya
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee was my guardian, his career is guiding force for the nation, says former BJP general secretary KN Govindacharya

Firstpost  

KN Govindacharya, has expressed his grief over the demise of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and has spoken about his relationship with him. BJP’s former general secretary and the leader of the Rashtriya Swabhiman Andolan, KN Govindacharya, has expressed his grief over the demise of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and has spoken about his relationship with him. …

Vajpayee tirelessly championed India's development: World leaders mourn ex-PM's death
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Vajpayee tirelessly championed India's development: World leaders mourn ex-PM's death

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi/New York: Atal Bihari Vajpayee recognised early on that the US-India partnership would contribute to the world's economic prosperity and security and the two democracies continue to benefit from his vision, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has said while condoling the death of the former Prime Minister. Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk, Nepal's Foreign Affairs Minister PK …

Why Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the BJP’s Pandit Nehru: Notes from a reporter’s diary
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Why Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the BJP’s Pandit Nehru: Notes from a reporter’s diary

Hindustan Times  

A Ratna of Bharat is no more. India’s former prime minister and one of the country’s most-loved and respected leaders, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, died on Thursday evening. At Minar- e- Pakistan “Kya chal raha hai, partner?” What’s up, asked Atal ji, seeking me out of a crowd of journalists at Lahore’s Minar-e-Pakistan on February 21, 1999. It has a valid …

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Foreign Minister: The many milestones in his foreign policy
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Foreign Minister: The many milestones in his foreign policy

The Hindu  

Nuclear tests in May 1998, a peace-making bus ride to Lahore in February 1999, the Kargil war a couple of months later, a transformative visit to China in June 2003 and a peace deal with Pervez Musharraf in January 2004 stand out in P rime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee ’s foreign and security policy calendar. After the nuclear tests, the …

Sudheendhra Kulkarni on Atal Bihari Vajpayee: ‘He created a peace template for the subcontinent’
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Sudheendhra Kulkarni on Atal Bihari Vajpayee: ‘He created a peace template for the subcontinent’

The Hindu  

A truly great leader is one who swims against the current of public opinion in attempting to solve the big problems of his times. Atal Bihari Vajpayee ’s most enduring legacy as Prime Minister is that he attempted to liberate India from the prison of the past with regard to two of the most intractable historical problems — Kashmir and …

Atal Bihari Vajpayee dead; latest updates: Imran Khan calls ex-PM a 'tall personality of the subcontinent'
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee dead; latest updates: Imran Khan calls ex-PM a 'tall personality of the subcontinent'

Firstpost  

9:25 AM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter LK Advani had hailed Vajpayee’s Pakistan policy BJP veteran LK Advani in one of his blogs in 2010, had mentioned that how under the then UPA government the country’s equation with Pakistan was in shambles. He then recollected how Atal Bihari Vajpayee under his regime had successfully led the Pakistan Army general to surrender before …

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the first Indian leader to address UNGA in Hindi
6 years, 4 months ago

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the first Indian leader to address UNGA in Hindi

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the first external affairs minister to deliver a speech in Hindi at the UN General Assembly, effectively raised India's stand on key issues like nuclear disarmament, state- Vajpayee, in his role as foreign minister and prime minister, visited the UN headquarters to deliver speeches to the UNGA on seven occasions from 1977 to 2003. Known …

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 'Insaniyat, Jamhuriyat, Kashmiriyat' is the foundation for peace in Kashmir
6 years, 4 months ago

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 'Insaniyat, Jamhuriyat, Kashmiriyat' is the foundation for peace in Kashmir

Firstpost  

Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, whose birthday on 25 December is celebrated as ‘Good Governance Day’, has been lauded for his policies on Kashmir since he became the prime minister of India for the first time in 1996. Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, whose birthday on 25 December is celebrated as ‘Good Governance Day’, has been lauded for …

Vajpayee, the man who found India its place among nations
6 years, 4 months ago

Vajpayee, the man who found India its place among nations

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who has passed away at the age of 93, was the first non-Congress prime minister of India to complete a full term in office, a historic accomplishment that in turn paved the way for Narendra Modi to storm into office just over a decade later as the second Bharatiya Janata Party prime minister. Vajpayee’s tenure …

Atal Bihari Vajpayee: 10 things the nation will never forget
6 years, 4 months ago

Atal Bihari Vajpayee: 10 things the nation will never forget

Deccan Chronicle  

Much is being spoken about former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and rightly so. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru respected young Vajpayee as a leader in the Opposition, and sent him to represent India in UN General Assembly. Fifth, this nationalism of Vajpayee made him perhaps the only right-wing leader of India ever who represented the Ganga-Jamuni culture of India to …

Atal Bihari Vajpayee dies at 93: India mourns leader with exterior of a lotus but inner strength of Vajra
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee dies at 93: India mourns leader with exterior of a lotus but inner strength of Vajra

Firstpost  

“Acche Vajpayee ka kya karoge?” Atal Bihari Vajpayee once responded to the Opposition’s barb that he was “a good man in the wrong party” in his inimitable style during the trust motion in 1996. There is an apocryphal story about Nehru predicting that Vajpayee would be the “future prime minister”. In one of the national executive meets at Goa, he …

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a man of ideas
6 years, 4 months ago

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a man of ideas

The Hindu  

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who held the post for three non-consecutive terms in 1996, 1998-99, and from 1999-2004, passed away on Thursday. Mr. Vajpayee’s long career in public life was no doubt crowned by his being elected Prime Minister, but the course of it was peppered with long years as a parliamentarian, and with struggles to establish the …

Atal Bihari Vajpayee passes away: 6 moving quotes by the revered wordsmith
6 years, 4 months ago

Atal Bihari Vajpayee passes away: 6 moving quotes by the revered wordsmith

India Today  

I believe that democracy is the best guarantor for peace and cooperation among nations: Atal Bihari Vajpayee After 93-year-old Atal Bihari breathed his last on August 16, 2018 after a prolonged kidney infection, urinary tract infection and low urine output, the nation is in a deep shock. One of the most beloved leaders of India and an orator par excellence, …

Former Indian PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee dies
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Former Indian PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee dies

Al Jazeera  

The 93-year-old, who led India three times, had been hospitalised since June with a kidney infection and chest problems. Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a Hindu nationalist who set off a nuclear arms race with neighbouring Pakistan, has died at the age of 93. Nuclear programme Vajpayee was a key figure in the development of India’s nuclear programme …

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Indian prime minister who pursued peace with Pakistan, dies at 93
6 years, 4 months ago

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Indian prime minister who pursued peace with Pakistan, dies at 93

LA Times  

Students from an art school place flower petals around a painting of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Mumbai, India, on Thursday. The February 1999 bus ride cemented former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s stature as a peacemaker even though he had set off the nuclear arms race. Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee greets the audience …

Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be remembered for improving India-Pakistan ties, says Imran Khan
6 years, 4 months ago

Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be remembered for improving India-Pakistan ties, says Imran Khan

India Today  

Pakistan's PM-designate Imran Khan paid tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away today in New Delhi. "Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a tall political personality of the subcontinent.His attempts for the betterment of India-Pak relationship will always be remembered. In a press release, a spokesperson said "We have learnt with sadness the passing away of Mr Atal …

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