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Kargil War was decisive victory: Advani BY MRITYUNJAY BOSE Describing the Kargil War as a "decisive victory" for India on military and diplomatic front, former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani lashes out at the Congress posing a series of uncomfortable questions for the latter to handle. However, he admitted that the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee did not implement one of the recommendations of the Kargil Review Committee – which had called for bifurcation of two posts held by Brajesh Mishra – that of full-time National Security Advisor and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister. "Victory in the Kargil War was one of the finest hours in the annals of India's armed forces," Advani, currently Leader of Opposition and BJP-led NDA's PM-candidate, wrote in his memoirs – 'My Country, My Life'. However, in the criticism of the Sonia Gandhi-led Congress, Advani, who was also country's Home Minister during the NDA regime, said: "My party