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Good Governance Day
Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Birth Anniversary

Former Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
is remembered for

his people-centric
policies and push
for a transparent
and accountable

administration. To
honour him and to take
forward his legacy,
his birth anniversary

on December 25 is
observed as the
Good Governance
Day every year

EPITOME OF GOOD GOVERNANCE

ormer Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, against his Government. He lost the Government
the statesman, poet, leader of the masses by one vote but won people’s confidence. The term
Fand the man loved by the people all across, was also marked by his initiatives for peace with
left a void not to be filled forever on his death in Pakistan and the Lahore declaration was signed.
2018. On his 96th birth anniversary, one can With his Good Governance initiatives, Vajpayeeji
say that the current Government is working on took India to different levels. The Golden
Vajpayeeji's legacies and taking measures to Quadrilateral Project, started by his Government,
realise his dream of Swaraj to Suraj (self rule to is shaping well in the present regime of the
good governance). The three-time Prime Minister Narendra Modi Government. The visionary in him
has the credit of running the first non-Congress realised the potential of connectivity. Projects like
coalition Government in the country successfully for mobile connectivity, roads across the villages of
a full term following ‘Coalition Dharma’. During his the country speaks volumes about the vision of
tenure as PM, the Government achieved significant the tallest statesman of the country. He was also
milestones. Pokhran nuclear tests were conducted responsible for India's mobile phone revolution as
during his second regime and the Government led incoming calls were made free during his tenure.
by Vajpayeeji withstood international sanctions. He It was under his rule that a new telecom policy
never buckled under any pressure whether internal was framed which offered great opportunities for
or external and emerged gracefully in situation private companies to expand. It was under his rule
like former Odisha CM Girdhar Gamang voting that India won the armed conflict with Pakistan that

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