I was a novice then, and while chatting to a reporter, blurted this out.
H N Ananth Kumar
Once, in the late nineties when Atal Behari Vajpayeeji decided to have a speaker, only he, Advaniji and I knew it would be T.M.C. Balayogi from Andhra Pradesh. I was a novice then, and while chatting to a reporter, blurted this out. The next day, Vajpayeeji and Advaniji came to know about it and they also knew I was responsible. Vajpayeeji only asked, "Ananth yeh kaise hua". That was the last time I shared inside information with any outsider."
Ananth Kumar talking to DC's Bhaskar Hegde in May 2018, where he had also squashed speculation he was unwell after reports he had coughed blood.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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