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#Third Death Anniversary Atal Bihari Vajpayee : President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Others Pay Rich Tributes
Picture : Twitter / ANI
President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among the dignitaries who paid tributes to former prime minister and BJP stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his third death anniversary.
Vajpayee was Prime Minister for three terms – first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 to 1999, followed by a full term from 1999 to 2004.
The two leaders besides Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and many Union ministers, including Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, went to Sadaiv Atal, the memorial to Vajpayee here, to pay their tributes.
PM Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind, and Vice President Venkaiah Naidu pay tribute to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary, at ‘Atal Samadhi Sthal’ in Delhi pic.twitter.com/vgZ36XPOns
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2021
Modi tweeted, “We remember his warm personality, we remember his endearing nature, we remember his wit and humour, we remember his contribution to national progress. Atal Ji lives in the hearts and minds of our citizens.”
We remember his warm personality, we remember his endearing nature, we remember his wit and humour, we remember his contribution to national progress.
Atal Ji lives in the hearts and minds of our citizens. Today, on his Punya Tithi went to Sadaiv Atal and paid tributes to him. pic.twitter.com/UQUm7K3eiC
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 16, 2021
