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June 25, 2016, NewsCrunch
Among the long list of enemies of Subramanian Swamy, a prized place would go to the former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee.
Theirs’ was an animosity nurtured over the decades and it simmered till Vajpayee retired from the public life due to ill health.
Subramanian Swamy blames Vajpayee for keeping him out of the Cabinet twice, first in the post-Emergency Janata government and two decades later from the first NDA government.
As the NDA PM, Vajpayee survived on Jayalalithaa’s support and according to Subramanian Swamy, she lobbied for his inclusion as the finance minister.
In a rare show of spine, Vajpayee had reportedly said no to her.
Vajpayee never spoke about the problems he had with Subramanian Swamy.
An old Outlookarticle gives a hint on the what had made Subramanian Swamy so unhappy with Vajpayee. Its source is Tamil magazine Kumudham, which had serialised Subramanian Swamy’s autobiography, aptly titled: Swami and Friends—a Few Enemies Too.
Besides blaming Vajpayee for his exclusion from the cabinet, Subramanian Swamy also accuses Vajpayee of bringing down the Morarji Desai government.
It was Vajpayee not Charan Singh, who along with Ramakrishna Hegde, had reportedly gone to the President with the list of MPs, who were withdrawing support to the Morarji Desai government. Many names in the list were forged, alleges Subramanian Swamy.
The autobiography seems to be loaded anecdotes.
Subramanian Swamy says Vajpayee was known for his love for the drink. He once reportedly got drunk at a party hosted by the Japanese and had been admonished by Morarji Desai and Subramanian Swamy claims to have witnessed that.
Why was Vajpayee so upset with his younger colleague?
Subramanian Swamy says to get out of the Emergency jail Vajpayee had given an apology letter to Indira Gandhi. He was, hence, reportedly upset that Subramanian Swamy had become a hero due to his resistanceto Emergency…
Among the long list of enemies of Subramanian Swamy, a prized place would go to the former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee.
Theirs’ was an animosity nurtured over the decades and it simmered till Vajpayee retired from the public life due to ill health.
Subramanian Swamy blames Vajpayee for keeping him out of the Cabinet twice, first in the post-Emergency Janata government and two decades later from the first NDA government.
As the NDA PM, Vajpayee survived on Jayalalithaa’s support and according to Subramanian Swamy, she lobbied for his inclusion as the finance minister.
In a rare show of spine, Vajpayee had reportedly said no to her.
Vajpayee never spoke about the problems he had with Subramanian Swamy.
An old Outlookarticle gives a hint on the what had made Subramanian Swamy so unhappy with Vajpayee. Its source is Tamil magazine Kumudham, which had serialised Subramanian Swamy’s autobiography, aptly titled: Swami and Friends—a Few Enemies Too.
Besides blaming Vajpayee for his exclusion from the cabinet, Subramanian Swamy also accuses Vajpayee of bringing down the Morarji Desai government.
It was Vajpayee not Charan Singh, who along with Ramakrishna Hegde, had reportedly gone to the President with the list of MPs, who were withdrawing support to the Morarji Desai government. Many names in the list were forged, alleges Subramanian Swamy.
The autobiography seems to be loaded anecdotes.
Subramanian Swamy says Vajpayee was known for his love for the drink. He once reportedly got drunk at a party hosted by the Japanese and had been admonished by Morarji Desai and Subramanian Swamy claims to have witnessed that.
Why was Vajpayee so upset with his younger colleague?
Subramanian Swamy says to get out of the Emergency jail Vajpayee had given an apology letter to Indira Gandhi. He was, hence, reportedly upset that Subramanian Swamy had become a hero due to his resistanceto Emergency…