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This is an archive article published on February 26, 2004
But, symbolically8230;
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee showed up in a pair of pyjamas, abandoning his trade-mark dhoti. Saffron gave way to green as Dewan...
Written by ENS
February 26, 2004 12:00 AM IST
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Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee showed up in a pair of pyjamas, abandoning his trade-mark dhoti.
Saffron gave way to green as Dewan of Moinuddin Chishti8217;s Durgah, Zain-ul-Abedin, tied green turbans around BJP8217;s top heads 8212; Vajpayee and party chief Venkaiah Naidu.
Vajpayee and Finance Minister Jaswant Singh tried hard to blend Urdu words like janaab and izzat bakshi in their Hindi speeches.
Muslim leaders in turn made it a point to own up Sangh Parivar by referring to RSS leaders as 8216;8216;hamare K.S. Sudarshan sahib.8217;8217;
Naidu reeled off the names of Muslims on top in all fields 8212; from President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam to Maharashtra Governor Mohammad Fazal, Mohammad Azharuddin and Shahrukh Khan.
8216;8216;Even my father-in-law is named Mastnaiah, after a Pir,8217;8217; said Naidu.
8216;Vajpayee
didn8217;t demolish8217;
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