Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had turned down solutions to become President in 2002 and was given a ‘chit’ which talked about finishing the ‘unfinished task’ by his predecessor, revealed his media adviser Ashok Tandon in new e book ‘The Reverse Swing:Â Colonialism to Cooperation’.
According to Ashok Tandon’s new e book, in 2002, Vajpayee turned down solutions from his workforce to step down from his put up, go the baton to LK Advani and become the President.
The then Prime Minister advised his colleagues {that a} sitting PM changing into the President would “set a very dangerous precedent” and won’t go down properly in a Parliamentary democracy like India.
Ashok Tandon was media relations in-charge in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s PMO from 1998-2004.
Vajpayee was given ‘unfinished task’ by ex-PM, reveals his adviser
Another revelation that Ashok Tandon talked about in his e book was that ex-PM Narasimha Rao handed over a coupon to Atal Bihari Vajpayee after he grew to become the Prime Minister in 1996 which talked about about “unfinished task” (nuclear take a look at) to be completed.
“After Vajpayee’s appointment as prime minister, Rao quietly passed on a chit to Vajpayee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan swearing-in ceremony. It was a hint to accomplish the unfinished task. The task Narasimha Rao had failed to accomplish during his premiership was nothing other than nuclear tests at Pokhran in the Rajasthan desert.”
Atal Bihari Vajpayee grew to become the Prime Minister for the primary time in 1996 however his authorities fell in simply 13 days, nevertheless, he once more grew to become the PM in 1998 and maintained the put up until 2004.
Vajpayee failed to conduct the nuclear assessments in 1996 however went forward in 1998 in Rajasthan’s Pokhran.Â
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri launched Tandon’s e book
Ashok Tandon’s ‘The Reverse Swing: Colonialism to Cooperation’Â was launched by Union Minister for Petroleum-Natural Gas and Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri, in an occasion organised in Delhi on October 18.
Ashok Tandon has talked about many different fascinating incidents on this e book and defined them intimately. He has tried to present the glory of the brand new India, forsaking the painful recollections of centuries of slavery.
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