Vajpayee was a role model, says Telangana CM

Hyderabad : Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao said former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who died on Thursday, led politics with highest standards and stood tall as a role model for the country and the world.

In his condolence message, Rao said Vajpayee was as a great parliamentarian.

He described Vajpayee's demise as a great loss. "He was a liberalist, humanist, poet, orator and a man of simplicity. He stood for what he has believed for his entire lifetime," said the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) President.