A look at PMs party and its chance at elections

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(21 Apr 2004) • • New Delhi, Recent • 1. Various of Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee posters at Bhartiya Janata party (BJP) headquarters • • New Delhi, 8 April 2004 • 2. Various of Vajpayee and other National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders releasing common election manifesto • 3. SOUNDBITE: (Hindi) Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian Prime Minister: • It is not the time for me to leave yet. (laughter) • • Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh state, 5 April 2004 • 4. Various of Vajpayee and deputy prime minister Lal Krishan Advani at a joint election rally • • New Delhi, 7 April 2004 • 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vinod Mehta, Editor, Outlook magazine: • Well, yes, he (Vajpayee) is a very big brand. He has always been much bigger than the party and the party has been somewhat worried about • this. And because he's got a pan-Indian appeal which reaches across parties and the BJP have sort of mixed feelings. They use it where it's useful to them but they know that this man's ideology, his thinking, is at variance with the core thinking of the BJP, so there is a very uneasy relationship with the prime minister. • • Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh state, 5 April 2004 • 6. Various of Advani in his specially designed vehicle as part of 'Bharat Uday Yatra' or 'India rising journey ' • 7. Advani gets down, is greeted by Vajpayee • 8. Policemen at rally • 9. Van used by Advani • • New Delhi, 2 March 2004 • 10. Wide of press conference to announce 'Bharat Uday Yatra' (India rising journey) • 11. SOUNDBITE: (Hindi) Lal Krishna Advani, Deputy Prime Minister: • There is no emotive issue in these elections on the basis of which there would be a decision (made by voters). The choice is going to be made on the basis of performance and governance. • • New Delhi, 25 February 2004 • 12. Various of Vajpayee at a Muslim rally • • New Delhi, 7 April, 2004 • 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vinod Mehta, Editor, Outlook magazine: • The more contentious kind of interests in this election have all been marginalised and they are very keen that nothing should happen to • disturb this new moderate BJP which is fighting an election on good governance, etc. That plank should not in any way be disturbed by the shrill calls of the temple but to say that we will solve this after elections through negotiations is meaningless. Nobody believes that, so its just an effort • to placate the hardliners in the party. • • New Delhi, 7 March 2004 • 14. Various of Vajpayee with guests to celebrate the traditional Indian festival of colours (Holi festival) at home • • STORYLINE : • • India's Prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, may be in the twilight of his political career, but no one disputes that he is still the biggest vote-catcher for his multi-party coalition, the National Democratic Alliance. • • Those skills will be put to the test in national elections scheduled to last from April 20 to May 8. • • Vajpayee, a 79-year-old bachelor poet with great oratorical skills and a ready wit , continues to be hugely popular among a wide spectrum of Indian voters. • • He has been politically active for more than half a century. • • This is Vajpayee's third term in office - his first term in 1996, lasted less than a fortnight and his second in 1998, a little over 18 months. • • Vajpayee's front-running Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP rode to power on a wave of anti-Muslim Hindu nationalism five years ago. • • But now the BJP is trying to reinvent itself. • • It is trying to shed its strong Hindu nationalist image, in order to expand its political base among the voting masses. • • Vajpayee is seen as a moderate who has rallied together the rich and the poor from all walks of life. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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