ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE'S "OTHER" LIFE

Atal Bihari Vajpayee poses with his foster daughter Namita Kaul (left), Neha (granddaughter) and son-in-law Ranjan Bhattacharya (right) on a tour of Central China.



Namita is the biological daughter of Vajpayee's "girlfriend" Rajkumari Kaul (née Haksar) and Prof. B.N. Kaul.

Rajkumari Kaul and Vajpayee shared a famous, lifelong friendship and companionate relationship that began during their student days at Victoria College in Gwalior in the 1940s. In the 1960s, Rajkumari Kaul, along with her husband and daughters (Namita and Radhika), moved into Vajpayee’s official residence in Delhi.



Vajpayee, who remained a lifelong bachelor, formally adopted Namita into his life as his foster daughter (dattak putri).
Does she look dattak or biological putri of Vajpayee?




Subramanian Swamy in his popular, long-running political columns in Tamil weeklies like Junior Vikatan (a leading political magazine from the Ananda Vikatan group) and Tuglak, characterized Vajpayee as a kudikaaran (drunkard), pen-pithan (womanizer), and morally debauched, often targeting his living arrangement with the Kaul family.

Oh by the way, Ranjan Bhattacharya

Ranjan Bhattacharya was the real "Damadji" in the power circles during Vajpayee's rule.



While he held no official executive portfolio in the cabinet, his proximity to Vajpayee gave him immense informal influence, making him a focal point for corporate lobbyists, bureaucrats, and politicians looking to bypass standard channels. Political journalists of the era frequently pointed to an informal power triad running the PMO: Principal Secretary Brajesh Mishra, bureaucrat N.K. Singh, and Ranjan Bhattacharya.



During the late 1990s and early 2000s, investigative publications alleged that Bhattacharya was acting as an unofficial gatekeeper for decisions involving telecommunications allocations, oil deals, and major infrastructure projects.



The RSS leadership in Nagpur, along with senior BJP leaders like L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, viewed Bhattacharya’s influence with deep suspicion.

Following the passing of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, both Namita Bhattacharya and Ranjan Bhattacharya maintain a low profile, remaining distant from active political life and media attention.

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