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From being one of the initial people of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Vajpayee blossomed into a respected opposition MP by the later 1960s and went on to become Alternative Affairs Minister in the short-lived Janata federal government and, finally in 1999, to brain the first non-Congress federal government to complete a full term in office. That it was a coalition federal government made the feat all the more remarkable and testifies to the actual fact that though wedded to a right-wing political ideology, Vajpayee didn't have confidence in the politics of exclusion. A protégé of Jana Sangh stalwarts like Syama Prasad Mukherjee and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Vajpayee won the admiration of Jawaharlal Nehru, was consulted by his little girl Indira Gandhi - whom he never lacked the courage to criticize - and was befriended by fiery trade unionist George Fernandes even before they became political allies. He thus displayed an unusual capability to carry along all hues of political thoughts and opinions - an capability that emerged to the fore when he headed the Country wide Democratic Alliance federal government between 1999 and 2004. And behind this general public persona was an unusual personal life, conducted with such dignity as to remain free of innuendo. In this reserve journalist Kingshuk Nag traces the political journey of the high parliamentarian of over four years, who was conferred the Bharat Ratna in December 2014. Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A GUY for All Times is a definitive bill of the life and times of one of India's most illustrious non-Congress leaders.
