Mehbooba Mufti in her meeting with Prime Minister Modi in Delhi stressed about the “Vajpayee Doctrine”. So, what is this Vajpayee doctrine?
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who belonged to the BJP and was the Minister of External Affairs in 1977, adopted a doctrine to promote Peace, progress and prosperity in the spirit of humanity, democracy and Kashmiriyat in J&K. This policy was welcomed by all the politicals spectrums in India including extremists and Kashmiris in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. Vajpayee’s famous ‘mantra’ as a Prime Minister in 1996 and then in 1998 was that “you can change friends but not your neighbours”.
He believed in solving issues with Pakistan in a peaceful manner without involving any third party. Vajpayee promoted friendly relations with Pakistan despite constant provocations from them in form of the Kargil War, hijacking and crossing the LoC. He did not give up and continued to indulge in bilateral talks with his counterpart. In February 1999, he signed the Lahore Declaration with PM Nawaz Sharif. According to the agreement, Pakistan had accepted to resolve issues in a peaceful manner through bilateral talks.
Vajpayee also took a bus journey from Delhi to Lahore and later started the Sada-e-Sarhad (Call of the Frontier) bus service on the same route as a symbol of efforts to promote peaceful and friendly relations. He expected mutual trust and support in a collective fight against poverty and terrorism and drug trafficking.
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