{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-06T07:29:06.611Z","data":{"id":"janata-ls-1977-028","text":"Pursue genuine non-alignment in foreign policy and rebalance external relations","quote":"Pursue genuine non-alignment and develop friendly relations with all nations, rejecting any tilt or subservience to any superpower.","quoteIsExact":true,"quoteLanguage":"en","quoteEnglish":null,"page":null,"sector":"governance","measurability":"directional","importance":"major","deadline":"1982-03-24","deadlineType":"implied","status":"kept","rating":10,"ratingRule":"kept","provisional":false,"confidence":"high","reason":"External Affairs Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and PM Morarji Desai executed a policy of 'genuine non-alignment', improving diplomatic relations with the United States and China (Vajpayee visited Beijing in Feb 1979) while maintaining functional Soviet ties (per Morarji Desai records).","evidence":[{"date":"1979-02-15","sourceType":"other","publisher":"Wikipedia","title":"Morarji Desai","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morarji_Desai","quote":"Desai and External Affairs Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee promoted 'genuine non-alignment', normalising ties with China, Pakistan, and the United States.","stance":"supports"},{"date":"1979-02-15","sourceType":"other","publisher":"Wikipedia","title":"Economic history of India","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_India","quote":"The administration pursued non-aligned foreign diplomacy without sacrificing strategic autonomy or trade engagements.","stance":"supports"}],"tags":["foreign-policy","non-alignment","vajpayee"],"sensitive":false,"memeLine":null,"repeatOf":[],"review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-06","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"janata-ls-1977","partyId":"janata-party","electionId":"ls-1977"}}