Atal recollected, in an interview many years later, how once Nehru gave a point-by-point rebuttal of the arguments made by him in an intervention. Vajpayee spoke in Hindi and so did Nehru while replying to the points made by the Jana Sangh Member of Parliament (MP). It was clear that Nehru thought highly of Vajpayee because he would make it a point to introduce him to foreign guests and invite him to receptions thrown in honour of the visiting dignitaries. Nehru once introduced Atal to the British prime minister, stating, ‘He is a young leader of the opposition who is always criticizing me,
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