Guwahati: President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and numerous other leaders on Tuesday paid floral tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his fourth death anniversary.
The ceremony was held at ‘Sataiv Atal’ the memorial of the former prime minister in Rajghat here, which was unveiled on his 94th birth anniversary on 2018.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankha also paid homage to the former PM on his death anniversary.
Other prominent leaders who paid tributes include Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, former President Ram Nath Kovind, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla,and BJP national president JP Nadda.
Atal Bihar Vajpayee was the former Prime Minister of India and was elected to the position twice in 1996 and 1999. A member of the Bhartiya Janta Party, Vajpayee had joined the Quit India Movement in 1942 as a student leader. He was awarded India’s highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna in 2015 on his birthday.
His birthday, December 25, was also declared as Good Governance Day by the Narendra Modi government. He was the first non-congress political leader who became the Prime Minister of India. He passed away on August 16, 2018.
Vajpayee, one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), died on this day in 2018 at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after a prolonged illness.
