In the second week of July 1999, Vajpayee ji called me to his office and said that Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had asked for a ceasefire so that his army could withdraw from 10% of the intruded area which they still occupied, writes Gen VP Malik. (PTI)
Chief minister (CM) Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, lauded Vajpayee’s immense contribution to the nation, describing him as an extraordinary statesman, an outstanding parliamentarian and a gifted poet. (Deepak Sansta/HT)
Defence minister Rajnath Singh with UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, deputy CM Brajesh Pathak and others during the unveiling of a statue of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 100th birth anniversary, in Lucknow on Wednesday. (ANI Photo)