Manmohan Singh: Among the tallest leaders of modern India

August 16, 2018 18:55

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh dscribed Vajpayee as a great prime minister and an outstanding parliamentarian. "I have learnt with profound sorrow about the sad demise of Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayeeji. An excellent orator, an impressive poet, an exceptional Public Servant, an outstanding Parliamentarian and a great Prime Minister, Shri Vajpayeeji stood among the tallest leaders of modern India, who spent his whole life serving our great country. His services to our nation will be remembered for a long time to come," Singh said in his condolence statement. -- PTI

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