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Why did Manmohan ignore Atal: Sushma

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Thursday took digs at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for praising, in his I-Day speech, just four of his predecessors and giving other stalwarts like Atal Bihar Vajpayee a miss. Of the total four Prime Ministers mentioned by Singh, three belonged to the Nehru Gandhi family. “Dr Manmohan Singh referred to four Prime Ministers who contributed to the making of India — all from the Congress party. He forgot even Lal Bahadur Shastri there. The contribution of Morarji Desai and Atal Bihari Vajpayee has been no less,” she wrote on her Twitter handle. “This partisan approach does not go with the solemnity of this great occasion,” Swaraj said.

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