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In the Parliament, leaders are often seen accusing each other and many times the opposition has been seen creating ruckus over the policies of the government, but when a leader is going through a difficult phase, they console each other by calling each other. A similar incident has come to light regarding former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. Ashok Tandon, who was media advisor to Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has told about an important conversation that took place between the two years ago.
Ashok Tandon has made many revelations in his book ‘Atal Memoirs’ regarding the NDA government from 1998 to 2004. In the book, Ashok Tandon also mentioned the incident during the Parliament attack of December 13, 2001, when there was a phone conversation between Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the then Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sonia Gandhi. It is told in the book that when the Parliament was attacked, Vajpayee was at his residence and was watching the action of the security forces on television with his colleagues.
According to Ashok Tandon, ‘Suddenly a call came from Congress President Sonia Gandhi. He said- I am worried about you, are you safe? On this, Atal ji said – Sonia ji, I am safe, I was worried whether you are in the Parliament House… take care of yourself.
Ashok Tandon has also mentioned that incident in the book, when many BJP leaders wanted to make Atal Bihari Vajpayee the Prime Minister. He has written that Vajpayee completely rejected the suggestions coming from within his party that he himself should go to Rashtrapati Bhavan and hand over the post of Prime Minister to his number two leader Lal Krishna Advani. According to Ashok Tandon, ‘Vajpayee was not ready for this. He was of the opinion that a popular Prime Minister becoming President on the strength of majority would not be a good sign for Indian parliamentary democracy. This would be the beginning of a very wrong tradition and he would be the last person to support such a move.
According to Ashok Tandon, Atal Bihari Vajpayee invited the leaders of the main opposition party Congress, so that a consensus could be created for the post of President. He said, ‘I remember that Sonia Gandhi, Pranab Mukherjee and Dr. Manmohan Singh came to meet him. Atal Bihari Vajpayee officially revealed for the first time that NDA has nominated Dr. A.P.J. for the Presidential election. It has been decided to make Abdul Kalam the candidate… There was silence in the meeting for a few moments. Then Sonia Gandhi broke the silence and said that we are shocked by your selection, we have no option but to support him, but we will discuss your proposal and take a decision.
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