Is Kargil an issue?
It’s not an issue. It’s not an issue at all. In fact it is going against Vajpayee. You must have seen the latest Outlook, which has the article about Brigadier Surinder Singhs letter. It seems they were very complacent about the information that they had been receiving. And I think people are realising that. What about the fact that voters say Vajpayee is better known and more acceptable than Sonia Gandhi? There was sympathy for Vajpayee in the last election. He was not allowed to function and after 13 days he had to resign. There was an element of sympathy. This time the people have seen he has proved to be a very weak prime minister. A non-performing prime minister who was easily brow-beaten by his colleagues and his alliance partners. No one wants a weak leader. In Kargil there was a major debacle. A complete failure of intelligence. All kinds of intelligence RAW, Military Intelligence and IB. People say they did report but the government did not take cogniscence. Mr Vajpayee was mo
