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In 1957 he became a parliamentarian. His powerful speeches, laced with wit and humour, made him a cynosure of the opposition, while earning him the respect of the treasury benches.

Once while introducing him to a visiting British prime minister, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said, "He is a young leader of opposition who is always criticising me. But I see in him a great future."

Vajpayee on a foreign visit during his tenure as external affairs minister in the 1977 Morarji Desai government.

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