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The former Minister wore many hats in public life — politician, lawyer, cricket administrator, raconteur and the quintessential Delhi insider — who loved to hold court in banter and good humour with his legion of friends and acquaintances. For his party, the BJP, he was the man who articulated the party line best, in both Hindi and English, the rather affable public face of the party.
 
His stints at various Ministries, in both late Prime Minister Vajpayee’s government and Narendra Modi’s government saw him as a dependable colleague. For many who knew him personally, his warmth in inter personal interactions across party lines and his many, now legendary stories and on dits about the who’s who of Lutyen’s Delhi marked him out as a social force quite apart from his political heft.