Watch: When Atal Bihari Vajpayee Praised Rajiv Gandhi

I became a full-fledged member, all medical expenses were paid by the goverment,” the former PM said.

Congress on Saturday, which also marked the 78th birth anniversary of former PM Rajiv Gandhi, shared a video on Twitter.

In the video, former PM and BJP stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee is seen narrating an incident in which Rajiv Gandhi helped him when he was suffering kidney ailment.

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“I developed kidney ailment, doctors advised me to go to the united states for further investigation and treatment,  difficult for me to make financial arrangements. Somehow Rajiv Ji came to know about that, he called me, he decided to include me in the delegation to the united nations, I became a full-fledged member, all medical expenses were paid by the goverment,” the former PM said.

“I came back fully recovered”, Atal Bihari Vajpayee added.

यह वीडियो करण थापर के सौजन्य से है। उन्होंने मई 1991 के अंतिम सप्ताह में इस बातचीत को रिकॉर्ड किया था। मुझे इसका ज़िक्र पहले करना चाहिए था। यह मेरी ओर से एक चूक थी।

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) August 20, 2022

The video belongs to senior journalist Karan Thapar, the interview was recorded in the last week of May 1991.

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