Vajpayee refused permission to IAF to cross LoC during Kargil conflict: Tipnis

During the Kargil conflict, the then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was reluctant to use the Air Force and refused to give it permission to cross the Line of Control, former Air Chief Anil Tipnis said on Friday.

Speaking at the launch of a book titled 'A Prime Minister to remember- Memories of a military chief', penned by former Navy chief Sushil Kumar, Tipnis