A man who became Prime Minister thrice, was elected 10 times to Lok Sabha, and that too, from six different constituencies, as disparate as Gwalior, Balrampur and Lucknow, Vajpayee has been living the life of a man cut away from the outside world in the autumn of his life.
6, Krishna Menon Marg, the Delhi residence where Vajpayee is staying, closely guarded by the Special Protection Group, remains deserted most of the time during the day, with no political activists congregating to see the man who infused life in a party, which claims to be the national alternative to the Congress.