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Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is regarded by some as the father of India s second-generation economic reforms. He had launched the ambitious Golden Quadrilateral and Pradhanmantri Gramin Sadak Yojana projects, kicking off infrastructure buildup in the country. Vajpayee also established a department of disinvestment to privatize public businesses and launched a telecoms revolution through the New Telecom Policy.
The rivalry between the BJP and BJD parties has become sharper since the last elections which saw the BJP emerging as the main opposition party in the state after pushing the Congress to the third spot.