AB Vajpayee once said, 'Rajiv Gandhi is the reason I am alive'
Speaking to journalist Karan Thapar, former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee had once said, "Rajiv Gandhi is the reason I'm alive today." Vajpayee recalled that Rajiv Gandhi, who was the PM then, called him after learning about his kidney problem. Gandhi had included him in the delegation to the UN so that Vajpayee could get the required treatment in New York.