PM Modi, Prez Murmu, NDA leaders pay tribute to the former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee 5th death anniversary:

PM Modi, Prez Murmu, NDA leaders pay tribute to the former prime minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee 5th death anniversary:

On the 5th Death Anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee today 16 August, PM Modi and NDA leaders paid floral tributes at Sadaiv Atal’ memorial.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh, Praful Patel, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Union Minister and Apna Dal (Soneylal) leader Anupriya Patel and HAM’s Jitan Ram Manjhi also paid tribute to the former prime minister.

Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s foster daughter Namita Kaul Bhattacharya also paid floral tribute at ‘Sadaiv Atal’ on his death anniversary.

PM Modi on his social media account X (twitter) wrote that he joins the 140 crore people of India in paying homage to the remarkable Atal Ji on his Punya Tithi. India benefitted immensely from his leadership. He played a coveted role in boosting our nation’s progress and in taking it to the 21st century in a wide range of sectors.

Vajpayee born in Gwalior in 1924 was the face of the BJP for decades and was the first non-Congress prime minister to have served a full term in office.

Vajpayee served as the Prime Minister of India from May 16, 1996, to June 1, 1996, and again from 19 March 1998 to 22 May 2004. He also served as India’s External Affairs Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Moraji Desai from 1977 to 1979. He passed away at AIIMS Hospital in Delhi on August 16.

After coming to power in 2014, PM Modi, in order to honour the former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna recipient declared 25 December would be celebrated as Good Governance Day every year which is his birth date.

News Edit K.V.Raman