Tributes paid to Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his first death anniversary – 1 min read

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and numerous other Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Friday paid tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his first death anniversary.

The leaders, including BJP President Amit Shah and Working President J.P. Nadda, paid their floral tributes at ‘Sadaiv Atal’, the memorial of the former prime minister in Rajghat here, which was unveiled on his 94th birth anniversary last year.

पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री और एक जनप्रिय नेता आदरणीय अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी जी की प्रथम पुण्यतिथि पर ‘सदैव अटल’ स्मारक जाकर उनको श्रद्धांजलि अर्पित की। pic.twitter.com/lDafYmWycX

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) August 16, 2019

भारतीय जनता पार्टी में प्रत्येक कार्यकर्ता के हृदय में विराजमान एवं हम सभी की प्रेरणा स्रोत, सुशासन के प्रणेता, भारत रत्न, पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री श्रद्धेय अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी जी की प्रथम पुण्यतिथि पर ‘सदैव अटल’ स्मारक पर पुष्पांजलि अर्पित कर अटल जी को श्रद्धाजलि अर्पित की। pic.twitter.com/gtdBDDpvlx

— Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) August 16, 2019

Vajpayee, a senior BJP leader and 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.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu took to Twitter remembering Vajpayee, saying: “I offer my tributes to the tallest leader of our times.”

All India Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee and Aam Aadmi Party’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal also paid their tributes to Vajpayee on Twitter.

“Tribute to Vajpayee, former Prime Minister, on his first death anniversary. Let us recall his words: The gun can solve no problems. Issues can be guided by the three principles of insaniyat, jamhooriyat and kashmiriyat,” Mamata Banerjee, the West Bengal Chief Minister, said.

Published on: Aug 16, 2019 at 11:00 IST

IANS