Vajpayee pays obeisance to Saibaba - April 14, 2004

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Newkerala.com

14 April 2004

 

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Vajpayee pays obeisance to Saibaba

 

Bangalore, Apr 14 (IANS) :

 

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his family members Wednesday

drove to Whitefield on the outskirts of this Karnataka capital to

pay obeisance to spiritual guru Satya Sai Baba.

 

Vajpayee, who is on a two-day visit to Karnataka for campaigning,

was closeted with Sai Baba for nearly an hour in the company of his

foster daughter Namita Bhattacharya, son-in-law Ranjan Bhattacharya

and granddaughter Niharika.

 

Later, Vajpayee and Sai Baba came out for a photo opportunity but

tight security prevented any interaction with reporters.

 

Officials accompanying the prime minister declined to reveal what

transpired between Vajpayee and Sai Baba.

 

This is the second time Vajpayee has met Saibaba after the general

election was announced February 29. The first meeting last month was

at the spiritual leader's ashram at Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh.

 

During summer, Sai Baba shifts to Bangalore to avoid the scorching

heat.

 

Vajpayee later went to the Vidhana Soudha, the Karnataka legislature

complex, to garland the statue of B.R. Ambedkar on the occasion of

the birth anniversary of the author of the Indian constitution.