Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Member of Parliament (MP) Sanjay Raut on Wednesday hailed the late Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalwart and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the "second Nehru" of Indian politics, during a media interaction, news agency PTI reported.

Raut remarked that as India observes the birth centenary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the country will continue to remember him whenever "Raj Dharma (the duty of governance)" is under threat, PTI reported.