Atal Vajpayee
Atal Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayeeis an Indian statesman who was the 10th Prime Minister of India, first for 13 days in 1996 and then from 1998 to 2004. A leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he is the first Prime Minister from outside the Indian National Congress party to serve a full five-year term...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 December 1924
CityGwalior, India
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We mourn with you in this moment of grief. Our hearts go out to the bright young men and women who were on that spacecraft. For us in India, we felt that since one of them was an Indian-born woman it adds a special poignancy to the tragedy,
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There has been no change in Pakistan's policy so far as cross-border infiltration is concerned. Every day we are getting reports that infiltration continues unabated,
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My government has decided to give a rural bias to the economic policies,
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mistrust to trust, from discord to concord and from tension to peace.
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We're committed to the improvement of relations with Pakistan and are willing to grasp at every opportunity for doing so.
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many proposals for verification, of which joint patrolling is one.
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it would contribute greatly to the friendship and cooperation between the two countries.
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The world community should understand that there is a limit to India's patience,
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a deplorable act, that must be formally opposed.
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fertile breeding ground for political unrest, economic chaos, and social fractures.
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A meeting ground will have to be found. Our efforts will be directed towards that,
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This fear is unfounded, ... We are capable of preventing unnecessary imports and can impose import duties or increase existing duties as required.
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There are differences. There have been clashes. There is the problem of cross-country terrorism. Innocent people are being killed. But there is no threat of any war.
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We have proved that India is neither a proliferation threat nor an exporter of sensitive nuclear or missile technology. This cannot be said to be true of all parties to the NPT,