Former Prez Pranab Mukherjee delivers second Atal Bihari Vajpayee Memorial Lecture

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Former President Pranab Mukherjee has said that Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s innate qualities as an orator and moderator greatly influenced the Indian political scenario.

Delivering the second Atal Bihari Vajpayee Memorial Lecture in New Delhi today, Mr Mukherjee said as a democrat, Vajpayee was one of the few leaders who thought of every angle before taking any decision. He said Vajpayee ensured steady growth of the Indian economy at an average rate of six per cent. 

Mr Mukherjee said the Indian parliamentary system has succeeded, deepened and flourished. He said there is a need to rediscover the sense of national purpose and patriotism, which leads a nation above and over the abyss.