Kalam pats Vajpayee for Pokharan II
Former president A P J Abdul Kalam was on Sunday all praise for the "courage' shown by then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in deciding to go for Pokhran tests within weeks of assuming office in March 1998. "Vajpayee gave us the permission within a week of assuming the political office, to establish India's expertise,' Kalam said at a function at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the