Prime Minister Modi, President Murmu pay tribute to ex-PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee on birth anniversary
New Delhi, December 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Droupadi Murmu, and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar paid floral tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his memorial Sadaiv Atal on his birth anniversary on Sunday.
"Tributes to Atal Ji on his Jayanti. His contribution to India is indelible. His leadership and vision motivate millions of people," Prime Minister Modi said on Twitter.
Vajpayee was India's Prime Minister from May 16, 1996, to June 1, 1996, and again from March 19, 1998, to May 22, 2004. From 1977 to 1979, he was India's External Affairs Minister in Prime Minister Moraji Desai's cabinet. On August 16, 2018, he passed away at the AIIMS hospital in Delhi.
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Several dignitaries, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, and Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, paid tribute to the late Prime Minister.
To honour the former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna recipient, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared December 25 as Good Governance Day every year after taking office in 2014.
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- ANI
