The prime minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, has said he will set up a national disaster agency.
Vajpayee told Sharif that he wasn't aware of any verbal agreements Gujral had made.
Vajpayee heads a shaky coalition government that does not have a majority in Parliament.
That is one reason why Mr Vajpayee may be deterred from an early dissolution of parliament.
Mr Vajpayee's peace overture in April 2003, while bold, was seen as having only modest chances.
There is the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which Mr Vajpayee was moving towards signing.
Mrs Gandhi's task would be in some ways harder than that faced by Mr Vajpayee.
Mr Vajpayee is regarded as a moderate, but his government includes fervent Hindu nationalists.
Vajpayee appears to be eager to make the BJP look like a genuinely forward-looking party.
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This time, however, the prime minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, seems adamant that he will not give in.
Mr Vajpayee reckons that India already has a good base of technology institutes and regional engineering colleges.
But Mr Vajpayee thought the process would be too lengthy and would be plagued by legal challenges.
Mr Vajpayee wants to assuage foreign wrath in order to reduce the impact and duration of sanctions.
Both the BJP's Mr. Vajpayee and current Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of the Congress Party fit this mold.
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But Mr Vajpayee will have a hard time wriggling free of the voters' verdict, if it is unfavourable.
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Mr Vajpayee is reluctant to commit himself to another summit meeting until more of this ground-work has been laid.
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Poet Ashok Vajpayee said Prof Nandy was a "serious thinker" and had made the comments in a certain context.
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That presidential tactic would not work half so well if Mr Vajpayee had not scored a last-minute presidential triumph.
Mr Vajpayee has found strong allies among some of the chief ministers who are anxious to spur economic growth.
Why is war breaking out just three months after Mr Vajpayee and Nawaz Sharif, his Pakistani counterpart, promised peace?
Unlike Tony Blair, however, Mr Vajpayee cannot pick the date for an election.
Mr Vajpayee realises that stirring up communalism would merely drive minorities and secular-minded Hindus swiftly into Congress's ready embrace.
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Mr Vajpayee knows his tenure is limited, and wants it to be remembered for matters other than insect crushing.
Mr Vajpayee heads a coalition government and faces strong opposition to compromise from hardliners within his own Hindu-nationalist party.
It has given the 22-headed alliance a single face, that of Mr Vajpayee.
Nevertheless, Mr Vajpayee pressed on, daring his allies to bring down the government.
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