President Murmu, PM Modi, NDA partners pay tributes to Vajpayee on 5th death anniversary

On the fifth death anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, President Droupadi Murmu presented flowers at the Sadaiv Atal memorial in Delhi on Wednesday.

The monument of the saffron hero, who was awarded the nation’s highest civilian distinction, the Bharat Ratna, posthumously, also received floral tributes from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

Significantly, the BJP invited members of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to the ceremony to pay respects to the late prime minister at the ‘Sadaiv Atal’ Memorial for the first time.

NDA leaders including, NCP’s Praful Patel, Union Minister and Apna Dal (Soneylal) leader Anupriya Patel & HAM’s Jitan Ram Manjhi, also paid floral tribute at ‘Sadaiv Atal’, on former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee death anniversary.

Namita Kaul, Vajpeyee’s foster daughter also paid floral tribute.

India benefitted greatly from his leadership: PM Modi

While paying tribute to the late leader played a pivotal role in boosting the nation’s progress and in taking it to the 21st century in a wide range of sectors.

PM Modi tweeted, “I join the 140 crore people of India in paying homage to the remarkable Atal Ji on his Punya Tithi. India benefitted greatly from his leadership. He played a pivotal role in boosting our nation’s progress and in taking it to the 21st century in a wide range of sectors.”

Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided that December 25 will be observed as Good Governance Day every year in commemoration of the previous Prime Minister and recipient of the Bharat Ratna upon taking office in 2014.