He lived the life a recluse since demitting office in May 2004 as the longest-serving non-Congress PM of India and had not appeared in public since 2007, but on his death political leaders of different shades in Jammu and Kashmir are talking about going back to his legacy. Not a day passes in Jammu and Kashmir without Vajpayee’s mention as politicians constantly ask the Centre to follow the Vajpayee model.