“I think Vajpayee is a dyed-in-the-wool RSS man.”
Prof. Paul Brass, as quoted in Elst, K. On Modi Time : Merits And Flaws of Hindu Activism In Its Day Of Incumbency – 2015.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, em devanagari अटल िबहारी वाजपेयी , foi um político indiano, tendo sido o Primeiro-ministro de seu país entre 1998 e 2004. Líder do partido de centro-direita Bharatiya Janata, foi o primeiro primeiro-ministro indiano não filiado ao Congresso Nacional Indiano.Parlamentar por mais de quatro décadas, Vajpayee foi eleito nove vezes para a Lok Sabha e duas vezes para a Rajya Sabha . No parlamento, representou a região de Lucknow, em Uttar Pradesh. No ano de 2009, Vajpayee retirou-se da vida pública por motivos de saúde.Em agosto de 2018, Vajpayee morreu após uma longa doença. Wikipedia
“I think Vajpayee is a dyed-in-the-wool RSS man.”
Prof. Paul Brass, as quoted in Elst, K. On Modi Time : Merits And Flaws of Hindu Activism In Its Day Of Incumbency – 2015.
Vajpayee interviewed by Erich Follath and Tiziano Terzani: “Guru der Nationen”, Der Spiegel, 1996/19, p. 163. quoted from Elst, Koenraad (2001). Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism. New Delhi: Rupa. p.168
Contexto: We, the Indians, as Guru of the Nations: yes, I believe in that. We can be—or once more become— the hope of mankind. But that requires efforts and courage to be ourselves culturally. Unfortunately, we live in an age of political dwarfs, political managers without vision or courage. But their time is running out.
Quoted from The truth according to Vajpayee, 24 November 2009, The Telegraph http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091124/jsp/nation/story_11777931.jsp,
Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha Session, Indore – September, 7-8, 1968
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Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha Session- July, 18-19 1970, Chandigarh
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Indore, 6 - 8 January 1984
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In reply to question by the correspondent if incidents like the hijack would do irreparable damage to the BJP and his image, the plane flying from Delhi to Lucknow was hijacked quoted in "The truth according to Vajpayee".
Quoted in [Sumantra Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace, http://www.questia.com/read/118148594/kashmir-roots-of-conflict-paths-to-peace, 2003, Harvard University Press, 1]
Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha Session, Indore – September, 7-8, 1968
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Before signing of declaration on global challenges and threats to international security and stability with Russia's president Vladimir Putin quoted in Putin, Vajpayee to sign declaration on global challenges, 12 November 2003, Pravda http://english.pravda.ru/news/russia/12-11-2003/53753-0/,
Vajpayee during his 1999 Independence Day speech. Quoted from Vajpayee No More: Here Are His Five Most Powerful Quotes https://swarajyamag.com/insta/vajpayee-no-more-here-are-his-five-most-powerful-quotes Swaraja, Aug 16 2018
New Delhi, 15-17 April 1983
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“India is not a piece of land, but a living entity.”
As quoted in Agnohotri, V. (2018). Urban Naxals: The making of Buddha in a traffic jam. Also quoted in Kashmir integral part of India, Article 370 should be scrapped: Vijay Rupani https://indianexpress.com/elections/gujarat-assembly-elections-2017/kashmir-integral-part-of-india-article-370-should-be-scrapped-vijay-rupani-4934767/ Indian Express.
“Hindu body and soul, Hindu life, in every pore my identity is of a Hindu”
His poem quoted in "The truth according to Vajpayee".
New Delhi, 15-17 April 1983
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New York September 7, 2000 Asia Society Annual Dinner
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After his meeting with George W. Bush in Washington in 2001 A World United, 5 December 2013, The White House http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/national-anthem/newdelhi.html,
Extract from Suo Motto statement made in the Parliament, after India’s underground nuclear tests conducted on 11 May 1998.[Sujata K. Dass, Atal Bihari Vajpayee: Prime Minister of India, http://books.google.com/books?id=N8wnA7EtB0IC, 1 January 2004, Gyan Publishing House, 978-81-7835-277-0, 39]
Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha Session, Indore – September, 7-8, 1968
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16th All India Session- Chanakya Nagar, Patna – 28-30 December - 1969
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“Politics is a game of compromise.”
Quote of the week, 5 December 2013, India Today http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/politics-is-game-of-compromise-says-a-b-vajpayee/1/263190.html,
New York September 7, 2000 Asia Society Annual Dinner
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New Delhi, January 22, 2003
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Vajpayee addresses the nation on Independence Day in 2002. Quoted from Vajpayee No More: Here Are His Five Most Powerful Quotes https://swarajyamag.com/insta/vajpayee-no-more-here-are-his-five-most-powerful-quotes Swaraja, Aug 16 2018
February 19, 2002, Jaihind . Quoted in Madhu Purnima Kishwar: Modi, Muslims and Media. Voices from Narendra Modi’s Gujarat, Manushi Publications, Delhi 2014.
Arun Shourie. NDTV. "Let's Have Tea": When Atal Bihari Vajpayee Made A Point With 3 Words https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/atal-bihari-vajpayee-death-lets-have-tea-when-atal-bihari-vajpayee-made-a-point-with-3-words-1901754 August 17, 2018
Shoba De, a columnist quoted in “Atal Bihari Vajpayee: Prime Minister of India" page=38
Nawaz Shareef quoted in [Sanjay Kaushik, A. B. Vajpayee: An Eloquent Speaker and a Visionary Parliamentarian, http://books.google.com/books?id=0FQKzKEsn08C&pg=PA22, 1 January 1998, APH Publishing, 978-81-7024-976-4, 34]
“He is a young leader of opposition. Who is always criticizing me. But I see in him a great future.”
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru introducing Vajpayee to the visiting British Prime Minister quoted in "A. B. Vajpayee: An Eloquent Speaker and a Visionary Parliamentarian" p=37
Kishwar, Madhu (2014). Modi, Muslims and media: Voices from Narendra Modi's Gujarat. p.174