Nehru had predicted in 1957 Vajpayee would become PM
Jawaharlal Nehru, while introducing Atal Bihari Vajpayee to a foreign dignitary in 1957, said, "This young man one day will become the country's prime minister". Nehru and fellow parliamentarians were impressed with the oratory skills of Vajpayee who had entered the Lok Sabha in 1957. The veteran BJP leader, born on December 25, 1924, became India's Prime Minister in 1996.