All salient points indicate signs of a good politician. Politicians don't deserve awards, Great leaders do. Vajpayee is far from a great leader. He did not stop the killing of a million innocents, did not stop dividing the nation on religious lines. He did not do anything significant during his rule or other times that changed the course of the country, nor did he give a quantum jump in its progress. He was a mute spectator to the gory games of his sangh parivar colleagues. If ever BR is given to Atal, the award would look cheap like a lolly pop in a petty shop.
