THERE has been a very perceptible power shift in India. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee no longer minds the store as it were, the job having been virtually snatched from him by his designated Number Two, Lal Kishan Advani.
Whether it is in the government or in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, major decisions are taken by Advani with Vajpayee stoically going along with his Deputy Prime Minister.
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