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| Video Discription | (17 Apr 1999) English/Nat The collapse of the Vajpayee government comes just over a year after the prime minister was sworn into power. Atal Bihari Vajpayee's year of governance was characterised by coalition squabbles and the country's decision to declare itself a nuclear weapons state. When Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn into office last year observers were already predicting his downfall within a year or two. He led a fragile coalition of 19 parties. His previous period in power had lasted just 13 days. Everyone knew it was going to be tough to survive. Even at that time the southern leader Jayalalitha was pinpointed by observers as the future cause of the government's collapse. A controversial figure, she held a crucial block of seats in the coalition and had a reputation for driving hard bargains for her support. She denied the suggestion then that she was anything but committed to the government surviving. SOUNDBITE: (English) "Our support is total and unconditional." SUPERCAPTION: Jayaram Jayalalitha, Leader AIADMK The Vajpayee year in power began with three big bangs - India openly going nuclear. SOUNDBITE: (English) "Today at 1545 hours, India conducted three underground nuclear tests in the Pokhran range." SUPERCAPTION: Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian Prime Minister There was jubilation in India and international consternation. Neighbouring Pakistan responded within days by also going nuclear with its own tests. Many countries warned of a new arms race and sanctions were imposed on both nations. Vajpayee was unrepentant saying nothing would compromise India's security. But he did manage a thawing of a kind. The two leaders met in Pakistan in February - the first such meeting for 10 years - on a bus at the border. The meeting was criticised as a meaningless photo opportunity by observers on both sides, and the two countries quickly returned to a tit-for-tat battle for weapons superiority. India began a new round of retaliations with its Agni missile - first shown to the public earlier this year. It launched its latest version of the missile a few days ago. Meanwhile Vajpayee's government was about to have a domestic bomb dropped on it. Relations between the Prime Minister and Jayalalitha worsened and she came to Delhi vowing to bring him down. She officially withdrew support earlier this week and took the government to the brink of collapse. SOUNDBITE: (English) "I have just handed a letter to the President communicating the decision of the AIADMK to withdraw its support from the government led by Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee with immediate effect." SUPERCAPTION: Jayaram Jayalalitha, Leader AIADMK Having dropped the government, Jayalalitha held talks with its arch-rival Sonia Gandhi, the leader of the Congress Party, with the Congress saying it would try to form its own government if Vajpayee's collapsed. Vajpayee, right up to the last, was trying to put a brave face on events. SOUNDBITE: (English) "Yes. We are confident." Question: But numbers are against you -- how do you feel? "No, the numbers are not against us." SUPERCAPTION: Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian Prime Minister But in the end his members of Parliament, for all the adding up of names, just couldn't come up with the numbers in Parliament. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/b56149bb01d8100efc47404ef864abbf Xv0lVK8u4ME |
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