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...business agenda appeals to India's middle class, currently numbering 300 million out of a population of 1 billion, and increasing. And it can legitimately claim to be more tech-savvy than Congress. During this election campaign, the BJP even sent recorded voice messages from Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to all 110 million landlines and mobile phones in the country?an appealing display of technological prowess to the 53% of eligible Indian voters (355 million people) under 25 years...
...1950s The RSS forms the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) as its political wing. One of its leaders, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, becomes...
...years, Ayub's eyes light up as he recalls his trip to the holy city of Mecca in 1987. Yet, when asked for whom he's likely to vote in the next elections, Ayub says he's leaning toward a candidate many Muslims would strongly disapprove of: Atal Bihari Vajpayee, India's Hindu-nationalist Prime Minister. "It doesn't matter if a man is Hindu or Muslim, it only matters if he gets his work done," says Ayub. "And Atal Bihari has done his work." He points out that Vajpayee, who represents Lucknow in India's Parliament, has broadened...
...Nevertheless, like the Likud in Israel, the BJP embraces a wide spectrum of right-wing opinion, ranging from mildly conservative free marketeers to raving ultra-nationalists and religious radicals. For now, the moderates?led by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Finance Minister Jaswant Singh?are firmly in the driving seat, and the clear popularity of their policies has strengthened their hand. But far more extreme figures are waiting for their moment...
...close that God must have been on the side of the general. Pakistan's government blamed Kashmir militants once supported by Musharraf, now aggrieved by his neglect. Eleven days later the SAARC meeting began in Islamabad, and the initial signals were tentative at best. When Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee arrived, his Pakistani counterpart, Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, tried to greet him with a hug. Vajpayee smiled cordially but took a step back. When Vajpayee departed three days later, the hug between the two men was warm and reciprocal...