Political leaders celebrate Vajpayee’s 99th birth anniversary

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with President Droupadi Murmu, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, and other leaders, paid homage to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 99th birth anniversary. The tributes were paid at the ‘Sadaiv Atal’ memorial in Delhi, commemorating the BJP stalwart who passed away on August 16, 2018, at the age of 93.

To mark Vajpayee’s 99th birth anniversary, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is organising grand celebrations nationwide. BJP national president JP Nadda has called upon party officials and state presidents to pay floral tributes to Vajpayee’s portrait at all booths and discuss the late Prime Minister’s remarkable personality and contributions.

Creative programmes and discussions about Vajpayee’s poetry are planned at every booth, reflecting one of the six booth-level programmes initiated by the party. The discussions will cover government schemes, achievements, and good governance, emphasising the welfare of the beneficiaries.