Hi all
Today (25th Jan 2013), Times Now Channel is putting out a story throughout the day, as an exclusive. The story titled "Kalam's stunning disclosures'. says as if for the first time, Times Now have found out that Mr Narasimha Rao was the first to initiate Pokran II.
In this connection, we want to place on record that we wrote about this on 10th May 2012 (8 months back) in prpoint and India Vision group, quoting Dr Kalam's official site. Please see our write up in the following links.
Our May 2012 issue of ezine PreSense also carries this link.
In those messages, we have written in detail about Pokran I and II. I copy and paste the relevant portion for information, quoting Dr Abdul Kalam.
Dr Kalam has already spoken about this Pokran II several months back. These TV channels miss out many things. Suddenly, they find out something and release such news items as an Exclusive to sensationalise. This news item is already on public domain for several months.
If anybody having close contact with Times Now Editors, please pass on this message. Through these columns, I also request the channels not to sensationalise any news item, which is already in public domain.
Extract from what we published in May 2012, quoting Dr Abdul Kalam.
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Leaders have the courage to take decision
Friends, I still remember a scene during May 1996. It was 9 O'clock at night. I got a call from the then Prime Minister's House that I should meet the Prime Minister Shri PV Narasimha Rao immediately.
I met him just 2 days before the announcement of General Election results. He told me "Kalam, be ready with your team for the N-Test and I am going to Tirupati. You wait for my authorization to go ahead with the test. DRDO-DAE teams must be ready for action.
Of course the election result was quite different from what he anticipated. I was busy in Chandipur missile range. I got a call saying that I must meet immediately the Prime Minister designate Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayeeji with Shri Narasimha Raoji.
I witnessed a unique situation. Shri Narasimha Raoji the outgoing Prime Minister - asked me to brief the details of N-programme to Shri Vajpayeeji, so that a smooth take over of such a very important programme can take place. This incident reveals the maturity and professional excellence of a patriotic statesman who believed that the nation is bigger than the political system.
Of-course after taking over as Prime Minister in 1998, the first task given by Shri Vajpayeeji to me was to conduct the nuclear test at the earliest. Both these leaders had the courage to take difficult decisions boldly, even though the consequences of such a decision have great national and international significance.
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