Indian Prime Minister and leader of Bharatiya Janata Party, Atal Behari Vajpayee (R) waves to a crowd as another leader of the party, P.K. Dhumal looks on at a function in Jalandhar, in the northern Punjab state on May 12. Vajpayee, while addressing an election campaign rally later in the city, lashed out at the main opposition Congress party for trying to create instability in the country by pulling down his government without an alternative.

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