Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Droupadi Murmu, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar paid floral tributes to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Sadaiv Atal on his 98th birth anniversary on Sunday. Union Ministers Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman and Hardeep Singh Puri, too, paid their tributes in New Delhi. Delhi | President Droupadi Murmu, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi pay floral tribute at ‘Sadaiv Atal’ on former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's birth anniversary. pic.twitter.com/sIpjzeUmNL — ANI (@ANI) December 25, 2022 "Tributes to Atal Ji on his Jayanti. His contribution to India is indelible. His leadership and vision motivate millions of people," PM Modi tweeted today. Tributes to Atal Ji on his Jayanti. His contribution to India is indelible. His leadership and vision motivate millions of people. pic.twitter.com/tDYNKiGXxj — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 25, 2022 Former PM and BJP stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee passed away in 2018 at the age of 93. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh took to social media saying that Vajpayee was a first term MP when he co-signed a letter to Jawaharlal Nehru requesting for Parliament to be convened earlier than scheduled in order to debate the Chinese invasion at the time. Ramesh added that now MPs 'can't even discuss ongoing Chinese incursions'. Today is the birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He was a first term MP when he co-signed a letter to Nehru requesting for Parliament to be convened earlier than scheduled to debate the Chinese invasion. Nehru agreed. Now MPs can't even discuss ongoing Chinese incursions. — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) December 25, 2022 Former Vice President Venkaiah Naidu also paid his tributes. Taking to social media, he said that Vajpayee was a visionary reformer who fast-tracked all-round development. "On his birth anniversary, I bow my head in reverence to the memory of iconic stalwart, statesman, philosopher & poet, my mentor & former Prime Minister, Bharat Ratna Shri #AtalBihariVajpayeeJi . Atalji was a visionary reformer who fast-tracked all-round development", Naidu wrote. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh paid his tributes. He said, in a Twitter post, that the former PM wrote a new chapter of development and good governance in the country. He added that Vajpayee's contribution to nation building is unforgettable.
