Vajpayee government was gone in 13 days. Who asked him to go and take the oath? Can you answer that? He was one of the tallest leaders. He had suffered in those 13 days. Why do you unnecessarily try to provoke me? I was not anxious to become the Prime Minister. The situation was such. After the fall of Vajpayee government all secular leaders met. That discussion went on for one week. VP Singh’s name was mentioned. He declined. Jyoti Basu was the tallest leader. He agreed, but his party Politburo differed. Then, he mentioned my name. I did not
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