Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Making Friends: Lets Woo The People Of South Asia

Yet, in 1996, it appeared that she had wrongly called out India for following in Pakistans footsteps. After all, the BJP may have emerged as the largest party and secured a short stint in power, but it reached this position only after Hindutva icon Lal Krishna Advani made way for the more acceptable and genial Mr Vajpayee