Atal Bihari Vajpayee death anniversary: PM Modi, President Murmu, senior BJP leaders pay tribute

NEW
DELHI:
P eside t
D oupadi
Mu mu,
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi,
vice
p eside t
C
P
Radhak ish a
a d
othe
se io
leade s
o
Su day
paid
t ibute
to
fo me
P ime
Mi iste
a d
Bha at
Rat a

Atal
Biha i
Vajpayee
at
his
memo ial,
Sadaiv
Atal,
i
New
Delhi
o
his
eighth
death
a ive sa y.Defe ce
mi iste
Raj ath
Si gh,
BJP
p eside t
Niti
Nabi ,
Lok
Sabha
speake
Om
Bi la
a d
Delhi
chief
mi iste
Rekha
Gupta
also
joi ed
the
t ibutes
fo
Vajpayee,
o e
of
I dia’s
most
espected
political
leade s,
who
is
emembe ed
fo
his
decades-lo g
co t ibutio
to
public
life.
Vajpayee
se ved
as
P ime
Mi iste
th ee
times
a d
was
co fe ed
the
Bha at
Rat a,
I dia’s
highest
civilia
ho ou ,
i
2015.

PM
Na e d a
Modi

P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
desc ibed
Vajpayee
as
a
“ext ao di a y
statesma ”
a d
said
his
visio ,
leade ship
a d
commitme t
to
public
welfa e
co ti ue
to
i spi e
ge e atio s.“Remembe i g
Atal
Ji
o
his
Pu ya
Tithi.
A
ext ao di a y
statesma
blessed
with
ema kable
visio ,
he
dedicated
his
life
to
the
se vice
of
ou
atio ,”
Modi
said
i
a
post
o
X.He
added,
“His
wo ds
a d
effo ts
i spi ed
ge e atio s
a d
his
leade ship
st e gthe ed
ou
atio .
His
focus
o
good
gove a ce
a d
public
welfa e
will
always
co ti ue
to
guide
us.”

P eside t
D oupadi
Mu mu

P eside t
D oupadi
Mu mu
paid
flo al
t ibute
to
Vajpayee
at
Sadaiv
Atal
a d
emembe ed
the
fo me
P ime
Mi iste
o
his
death
a ive sa y.

V
P eside t
C
P
Radhak ish a

Vice
P eside t
C
P
Radhak ish a
paid
homage
at
Sadaiv
Atal
a d
ecalled
Vajpayee’s
co t ibutio
to
I dia’s
political
a d
democ atic
jou ey.
The
Vice
P eside t’s
office
said
he
emembe ed
Vajpayee’s
“ ema kable
leade ship,
statesma ship
a d
e du i g
se vice
to
the
atio ”.Radhak ish a
also
desc ibed
Vajpayee
as
a
statesma ,
poet
a d
visio a y
who
devoted
his
life
to
st e gthe i g
I dia’s
u ity,
dig ity
a d
st ategic
i te ests.“His
commitme t
to
atio -buildi g,
i clusive
leade ship
a d
atio al
p ide
co ti ues
to
i spi e
ge e atio s.
His
e du i g
legacy
will
always
emai
a
sou ce
of
i spi atio
fo
the
atio ,”
he
said.

Defe ce
Mi
Raj ath
Si gh

Defe ce
Mi iste
Raj ath
Si gh
also
paid
flo al
t ibutes
to
Vajpayee
a d
highlighted
his
co t ibutio
to
I dia
democ acy
a d
atio al
developme t.“O
the
death
a ive sa y
of
the
eve ed
Atal
Biha i
Vajpayee
Ji,
I
offe
him
millio s
of
salutatio s
a d
a
humble
t ibute,”
Si gh
said
i
a
post
o
X.“Atal
Ji
e iched
I dia
democ acy
th ough
his
thoughts
a d
actio s.
Th oughout
his
life,
he
wo ked
with
the
spi it
of
‘Natio
Fi st,
Always
Fi st.’
Fo
him,
the
fu dame tal
pu pose
of
politics
was
the
atio ‘s
i te est
a d
public
se vice,”
he
added.
Si gh
said
Vajpayee’s
leade ship
helped
I dia
make
p og ess
i
st ategic
st e gth,
eco omic
developme t
a d
i f ast uctu e.

HM
Amit
Shah

U io
Home
Mi iste
Amit
Shah
emembe ed
Vajpayee
as
a
pat iot
who
devoted
his
life
to
atio al
se vice.“O
the
death
a ive sa y
of
fo me
P ime
Mi iste
a d
the
fou de
of
BJP,
Bha at
Rat a,
the
eve ed
Atal
Biha i
Vajpayee
ji,
I
pay
my
homage
to
him,”
Shah
said.He
said
Vajpayee’s
leade ship
a d
value-based
politics
helped
adva ce
the
ideas
of
A tyodaya
a d
good
gove a ce.

LS
Speake
Om
Bi la

Lok
Sabha
speake
Om
Bi la
ecalled
the
fo me
PM’s
mo e
tha
five-decade
pa liame ta y
ca ee .
Bi la
said
Vajpayee,
elected
to
the
Lok
Sabha
10
times
a d
Rajya
Sabha
twice,
would
be
emembe ed
as
a
“fie y
pa liame ta ia ,
a
powe ful
o ato ,
a
accomplished
jou alist,
a d
a
se sitive
poet.”

CM
Rekha
Gupta

Delhi
CM
Rekha
Gupta
said
Vajpayee
i spi ed
ge e atio s
with
values
of
atio al
se vice,
o ga isatio al
discipli e
a d
public
life,
addi g
that
his
pat iotism,
se se
of
duty
a d
se vice
would
co ti ue
to
guide
the
atio .

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