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He too recalled the early days of the BJP and Vajpayee and other leaders who had built it from scratch. Keshubhai Patel, who worked closely with Vajpayee right from his Jan Sangh days, recalled the struggles they had faced together. Shankarsinh Vaghela, a former BJP leader, said that Vajpayee was ajatashatru in the truest sense. A prayer meeting organised to pay tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away last week, saw a number of political leaders reminiscing the days they had spent with the popular leader, who was commonly known as Ajatashatru, or someone who had no enemies. Kohli described Vajpayee's death as an end of an era, and a huge loss to the country..