LS Polls: Vajpayee in the ring!

Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is congratulated by senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj after filing his election nomination papers at a District Magistrate`s office in Lucknow, 15 April 2004. Vajpayee filed his election nomination papers in a ceremony shorn of fanfare out of respect for the 21 people killed in a stampede as they rushed for sarees on 13 April, in Lucknow. AFP
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