Atal Bihar Vajpayee Archives

Row over Siddhu’s visit to Pakistan to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Imran Khan

August 22, 2018 Arjun Singh DyarakotiAtal Bihar Vajpayee, Imran Khan, Pakistan, Prime Minister, siddhu0 comment

The recently concluded visit of the former Indian cricketer and current minister in the Punjab government Navjot Singh Siddhu to Pakistan to attend the swearing-in ceremony of his friend and former Pakistani cricketing legend Imran Khan has sparked an intense debate in the political corridors in India. Many people have called his decision to attend the swearing-in ceremony as unpatriotic and insensitive, particularly at a time when the relations between India and Pakistan are under strain with the intermittent cross-border firing and the killings of the soldiers on the border.…

Remembering the contribution of great son of India late former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

August 17, 2018August 19, 2018 Arjun Singh DyarakotiAtal Bihar Vajpayee, India, Prime Minister1 Comment

“The governments will come and go, the parties will be formed and collapsed, but this country must remain, its democracy must remain immortal.” This is the English translation of a few lines from one of the speeches that the late former Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee delivered in the parliament in Hindi. As the nation mourns the passing away of an outstanding parliament, a great visionary, an impeccable orator, a statesman, a published poet, and above all a humanist, it’s time that we recall his some of the contributions…