UP
CM
Yogi
pays
t ibute
to
Atal
Biha i
Vajpayee,
ecalls
his
‘Natio
Fi st’
politics
Utta
P adesh
chief
mi iste
Yogi
Aditya ath
o
Su day
paid
t ibute
to
fo me
P ime
Mi iste
a d
Bha at
Rat a
Atal
Biha i
Vajpayee
o
his
death
a ive sa y
at
the
Atal
Biha i
Vajpayee
Co ve tio
Ce t e
i
Luck ow,
ecalli g
his
six-decade-lo g
political
ca ee
a d
his
commitme t
to
public
se vice,
democ atic
values
a d
atio al
i te est.Speaki g
o
the
occasio ,
Aditya ath
said
Vajpayee
ep ese ted
a
clea
a d
si ce e
style
of
politics
a d
believed
that
political
powe
should
be
used
as
a
i st ume t
of
se vice
athe
tha
as
a
e d
i
itself.”O
the
occasio
of
Atal
ji’s
8th
death
a ive sa y,
I
pay
humble
t ibute
to
his
memo y
o
behalf
of
the
people
of
the
state.
His
ca ee
i
I dia
politics
spa ed
ove
six
decades,
a
t uly
lo g-sta di g
p ese ce.
Atal
ji
champio ed
a
b a d
of
politics
that
was
spotless
a d
si ce e.
He
believed
that
politics
is
ot
me ely
a
mea s
to
acqui e
powe ;
athe ,
it
should
be
ooted
i
se vice,
dedicatio ,
values,
a d
ideals.
That
is
why
people
ac oss
all
pa ties
a d
factio s
have
always
p aised
him.
A othe
defi i g
aspect
of
Atal
ji
was
his
‘Natio
Fi st’
spi it.
Whe eve
the
atio al
i te est
was
at
stake,
he
would
set
aside
pa ty
i te ests
to
make
decisio s
that
se ved
the
cou t y,”
CM
said.
The
Chief
Mi iste
also
ecalled
Vajpayee’s
ole
du i g
the
1971
I dia-Pakista
wa
a d
his
suppo t
fo
the
libe atio
of
Ba gladesh.Aditya ath
co t asted
Vajpayee’s
app oach
of
putti g
atio al
i te est
above
political
co side atio s
with
what
he
desc ibed
as
the
Co g ess
pa ty’s
p ese t
co duct
towa ds
the
a med
fo ces.He
said,
“Du i g
the
1971
wa
betwee
I dia
a d
Pakista ,
the
e ti e
atio
eeded
to
sta d
u ited
agai st
the
i huma e
at ocities
Pakista
was
committi g
i
Ba gladesh.
Atal
Biha i
Vajpayee
stepped
fo wa d
a d
exte ded
his
full
suppo t
to
the
e ti e
campaig
fo
the
libe atio
of
Ba gladesh.
Today,
whe
we
wit ess
the
Co g ess
pa ty’s
c ude
a d
u civil
behaviou ,
poi ti g
fi ge s
at
the
a med
fo ces,
doubts
i evitably
a ise
ega di g
thei
ow
commitme t
to
the
atio .”Aditya ath
fu the
i voked
the
Eme ge cy,
highlighti g
Vajpayee’s
decisio
to
put
democ atic
i te ests
ahead
of
the
Bha atiya
Ja a
Sa gh’s
o ga isatio al
ide tity.”We
saw
a
simila
situatio
du i g
the
Eme ge cy.
Atal
ji
p io itised
the
cou t y
ove
the
pa ty;
he
dissolved
the
Bha atiya
Ja a
Sa gh,
me ged
it
i to
the
Ja ata
Pa ty,
a d
played
a
pivotal
ole
i
evivi g
democ acy
i
I dia.
The
democ acy
we
expe ie ce
today
owes
a
g eat
deal
to
the
moveme t
led
by
Jayap akash
Na aya ,”
he
added.
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
Sha e
you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
I sightful
Readi g
Developme t
Comme t
Be
espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
Vajpayee,
who
se ved
as
P ime
Mi iste
i
th ee
te ms,
emai s
o e
of
the
most
p omi e t
leade s
of
post-I depe de ce
I dia.
He
se ved
b iefly
as
P ime
Mi iste
i
1996
a d
late
led
coalitio
gove me ts
f om
1998
to
1999
a d
f om
1999
to
2004.A
fou di g
leade
of
the
Bha atiya
Ja ata
Pa ty,
Vajpayee
was
k ow
fo
his
o ato y,
pa liame ta y
co t ibutio s
a d
ole
i
shapi g
I dia’s
political
la dscape.
He
was
co fe ed
the
Bha at
Rat a,
the
cou t y’s
highest
civilia
ho ou ,
i
2015.Vajpayee
passed
away
o
August
16,
2018,
at
the
age
of
93.
His
death
a ive sa y
is
obse ved
eve y
yea
as
a
occasio
to
emembe
his
co t ibutio
to
public
life
a d
his
political
legacy.
Political
leade s
a d
dig ita ies
ac oss
the
cou t y
also
paid
t ibute
to
the
fo me
P ime
Mi iste
o
his
death
a ive sa y.