Atal Bihari Vajpayee Death Anniversary: Today i.e. Friday (16 August) is the death anniversary of former Prime Minister of the country and veteran BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee. On this occasion, BJP leaders have started reaching his Samadhi Sthal Sadaiv Atal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, former Chief Minister of Haryana and Minister Manohar Lal Khattar have paid tribute to the former PM by reaching Sadaiv Atal.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee died on 16 August 2018 in Delhi. He was born in Gwalior in 1924. He was the first non-Congress PM to complete his term as Prime Minister. Let us know what are the latest updates related to Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s death anniversary so far.
PM Modi always reached Atal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Atal always visited to pay tribute to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Here he paid floral tribute and remembered him. PM Modi has been mentioning Atal Bihari in his speeches.
#WATCH Delhi | Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at ‘Sadaiv Atal’ memorial to pay tribute to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary. pic.twitter.com/mOhZdtXe63
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2024
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar also reached Atal
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar also reached Sadaiv Atal on the occasion of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s death anniversary on Friday. He reached here and remembered the former PM.
#WATCH Delhi | Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar arrives at ‘Sadaiv Atal’ memorial to pay tribute to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary. pic.twitter.com/zh5j833OVk
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2024
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla paid tribute to the former PM
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has also remembered former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He always visited Atal and paid floral tribute. Birla is one of the big leaders of BJP. He has become the Lok Sabha Speaker for the second consecutive time.
#WATCH Delhi | Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla arrives at ‘Sadaiv Atal’ memorial to pay tribute to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary. pic.twitter.com/m3QaHInbWW
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2024
Manohar Lal Khattar also paid tribute
Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar also reached Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Samadhi Sthal Sadaiv Atal early in the morning and paid tribute to the former PM. Khattar has also done a lot of work under his guidance.
#WATCH Delhi | Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar arrives at ‘Sadaiv Atal’ memorial to pay tribute to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary. pic.twitter.com/AO8h68JEGI
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2024
JP Nadda paid tribute to the former PM
Union Health Minister and BJP President JP Nadda reached Sadaiv Atal on Friday morning and paid tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He also offered flowers at Vajpayee’s samadhi.
Atal Bihari’s daughter paid floral tribute to her father
On the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, his adopted daughter Namita Kaul Bhattacharya reached ‘Sadaiv Atal’. Here she paid floral tribute and remembered her father.
#WATCH Delhi: Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s foster daughter Namita Kaul Bhattacharya arrives at ‘Sadaiv Atal’, to pay him floral tribute on his death anniversary. pic.twitter.com/yxXKAHNw36
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2024
These leaders also paid tribute to the former PM
JDU leader Sanjay Jha, Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio, Sikkim’s Prem Singh Tamang, Union Minister Arjun Meghwal, Giriraj Singh, Virendra Kumar, Dr Jitendra Singh and other leaders also paid tribute to the former PM by reaching Sadaiv Atal.
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