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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (8045)	10/10/1999 9:17:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Great Expectations - Vajpayee, man in a hurry. The BJP has widened its reach across the country. The once north-centred party now has MPs from even Goa and the Andamans. ========================= Oct 17, 1999 Cover story CROWN OF HOPES The thorn for Vajpayee will not \|be future Jayalalithas but hard economic decisions By Sachidananda Murthy A billion hopes. Atal Bihari Vajpayee again shoulders mankind's second biggest burden, surpassed only by the load of China's Jiang Zemin. Vajpayee will lead India into the 21st century after defeating the party led by the widow of the man who first spoke of the next century. If he wore a crown of thorns in 1998 ever worried about the pinpricks of Jayalalitha, now it is a crown of blooming petals. It is a mandate for continuity and change. Endless burfi packets were emptied to feed happy mouths at 7, Race Course Road, where Vajpayee was the first Prime Minister to celebrate retention of power. Despite some reverses Vajpayee has outsmarted Sonia in the charisma contest As Principal Secretary Brajesh Mishra gave a checklist of things to be done, the Prime Minister was at his enthusiastic best. The first 60 days would see a flurry of economic initiatives to spur growth as the coalition capitalises on the honeymoon period. Long-elusive political stability would make Vajpayee a man in a hurry as he now realises that it is the economy which matters most. But there will be some pain also as the new government tries to raise taxes to realise at least Rs 5,000 crore. The pain could come in the form of a Kargil tax and increases in price of petroleum products............. the-week.com