President Murmu, PM Modi pay floral tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary
16 August, 2022 | Vaishali Sharma
On the anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s passing, President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and numerous other notable figures presented flowers to the late Indian Prime Min...
On the anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s passing, President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and numerous other notable figures presented flowers to the late Indian Prime Minister.
On the anniversary of his passing, former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee received floral tributes from Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at Sadaiv Atal in the capital.
On the occasion of the former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s passing, vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar presented flowers to Sadaiv Atal.
On the anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s passing, former president Ram Nath Kovind, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, and BJP national president JP Nadda all presented floral tributes to the late prime minister at Sadaiv Atal.
Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihar Vajpayee was chosen for the post twice, in 1996 and 1999. Vajpayee, a Bhartiya Janta Party member, joined the Quit India Movement as a student leader in 1942. On his birthday in 2015, he received the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honour bestowed by India.
The Narendra Modi administration designated December 25—his birthday—as Good Governance Day. He was India’s first prime minister who was not a member of the Congress party. He passed away on August 16, 2018.