Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi: The two faces of the BJP

Nor was Mr Vajpayee's power unchallenged. There was always Mr Advani, who Mr Vajpayee secretly (and sometimes not so secretly) resented, who encouraged dissent within the cabinet

Shades of Saffron
From Vajpayee to Modi
Saba Naqvi
Westland
283 pages
Rs 599
 
Sometimes you can tell more about political parties and their leaders by judging the tone and tenor of journalistic coverage than by worrying too much about what the journos actually write. This book is a case in point.
 
Saba Naqvi has covered the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for decades, is extremely familiar with the inner workings of the party and writes well, in a breezy anecdotal style.
 
But the reader will note that when she deals with Atal Bihari Vajpayee, his PMO