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Former members of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh formed the BJP in 1980, with Vajpayee as its first president. During his tenure as prime minister, India carried out the Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998. Vajpayee sought to improve diplomatic relations with Pakistan, travelling to Lahore by bus to meet with Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif.
India reacted to Vajpayee's death with grief and thousands of tributes poured in through social media platforms. Thousands of people paid their respects during his funeral procession. [15] A seven-day state mourning was announced by the central government throughout India. The national flag flew half-mast during this period. [16]
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was an Indian politician who served thrice as Prime Minister of India, first from 16 May to 1 June 1996, and then from 19 March 1998 to 22 May 2004. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Vajpayee was the tenth Prime Minister.
Vajpayee became the first president of the BJP upon its formation in 1980. Under him the BJP projected itself as a centrist party that had moved away from the strident politics of the BJS. Vajpayee, often seen as the moderate face of the BJP, later became the first Prime Minister of India not from the Indian National Congress to serve a full ...
The electoral history of the BJP and its predecessors in general elections. ... Atal Bihari Vajpayee: 471 161 / 545. 41 ... After the state's bifurcation in 2000 2002 ...
This is a summary of the electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was Prime Minister of India in 1996 and from 1998 till 2004. He was the leader of Bhartiya Janata Party from 1989 to 2004. He was elected ten times to Lok Sabha , the lower house of the Indian parliament . [ 1 ]
State/UT Portrait Name Took office Ref. Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Ajoy Bairagi 16 January 2020 (5 years, 31 days) [32] Chandigarh: Jatinder Pal Malhotra 13 October 2023 (1 year, 126 days) Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu: Deepesh Thakorbhai Tandel 18 January 2020 (5 years, 29 days) [33] Delhi: Virendra Sachdeva 24 March 2023 (1 year ...
In a reshuffle in 2003 Vajpayee inducted three new cabinet rank ministers and five ministers of state . The new cabinet ministers were : Rajnath Singh , B.C. Khanduri and Subodh Mohite . The new ministers of state were : Chinmayanand Swami (BJP), Kailash Meghwal (BJP), Nagmani (Rashtriya Janata Dal-Democratic), Prahlad Singh Patel (BJP) and P.C ...