Prime Minister of India;

Minister of External Affairs and also incharge of Ministries/Departments of

Chemicals and Fertilizers, Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution,
Coal, Commerce, Communications,  Environment and Forests,

Food Processing Industries, Human Resource

Development, Labour, Mines, Non-Conventional Energy 

Sources, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions,

   Petroleum and Natural Gas, Planning and Programme

    Implementation, Power, Railways, Rural Areas and 

    Employment, Science and Technology, Steel, Surface

    Transport, Textiles, Water Resources,Atomic Energy,

    Electronics, Jammu & Kashmir Affairs, Ocean
Development, Space and other subjects not allocated to any other Cabinet
Minister     

1996-97         Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha

1997-98         Chairman, Committee on External Affairs

1998               Elected to 12th Lok Sabha (8th term)
                                
1999               Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (9th term)

Prime Minister of India;Minister of External Affairs and also incharge of
Ministries/Department
not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister

Books Published  

Lok Sabha Mein Atalji (a collection of speeches); 

Mrityu Ya Hatya, Amar Balidan, Kaidi Kavirai Ki 

Kundalian (a collection of poems written in jail during

Emergency); New Dimensions of India's Foreign Policy 

(a collection of speeches delivered as External Affairs 

Minister during 1977-79); Jana Sangh Aur Musalman; Three 

Decades in Parliament (Speeches in three volumes); Amar 

Aag Hai(a collection of poems) 1994; Meri Ekyavan 

Kavitayen; Four Decades in Parliament (English)-4 Volumes 

of Speeches in Parliament, 1957-95 

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments  

Editor, (i)Rashtra-Dharma-monthly (ii)Panchajanya-weekly;Swadesh and Veer Arjun, both dailies 

Social and Cultural Activities  

Member, National Integration Council since 1961; 

President

(i) All India Station Masters and Assistant Station Masters Association, 1965-70;
(ii) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Samarak Samiti, 1968-84;
(iii) Deendayal Dham, Farah, Mathura, U.P.; and
(iv) Janmabhoomi Smarak Samiti, 1969 onwards 

Special Interests  

International affairs; uplift of the Scheduled Castes and ;Scheduled Tribes; and woman and child welfare 

Favourite Pastime and Recreation  

Reading, writing, travelling and cooking 

Countries Visited  

Widely travelled; Member,

(i) Parliamentary Goodwill Mission to East Africa, 1965;

(ii) Parliamentary Delegation to Australia,1967; European Parliament, 1983; Canada, 1987;

(iii)Indian Delegation to Commonwealth Parliamentary Association  meetings held in Canada,
     1966 and 1994, Zambia 1980, Isleof Man 1984;

(iv) Indian Delegation to Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Japan, 1974; Sri Lanka, 1975; Switzerland, 1984;

(v)  Indian Delegation to the UN - General Assembly, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996; and

(vi) Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Bulgaria, 1997; Leader, Indian Delegation to Human Rights Commission
     Meeting, Geneva, 1993; and Delegation of
     Standing Committees of External Affairs to Gulf countries-
     Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait 

Other Information  

Participated in Freedom Struggle and went to jail in 1942;

detained during Emergency in 1975-77; was awarded Padma 

Vibhushan by President of India in recognition of his services

to the Nation; Conferred,

(i)  Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy by Kanpur University,1993;

(ii) Lok Manya Tilak Puruskar, 1994;

(iii)Bharat Ratna Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant Award for Best Parliamentarian, 1994

Election Result of
Lucknow Lok Sabha Constituency

         Total electorate        15,52,441

         Total votes polled       7,54,389 
     
Votes polled in favour of the candidates

              (1) Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee   (B.J.P.)         3,62,659

              (2) Dr. Karan Singh              (I.N.C.)         2,39,073

              (3) Shri Bhagwati Singh         (B.S.P.)           78,825