President Droupadi Murmu, Vice- President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior leaders on Wednesday paid floral tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Sadaiv Atal Sthal, New Delhi, on his 100th birth anniversary.
The occasion also marked the celebration of ‘Good Governance Day,’ honoring Vajpayee’s enduring legacy.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Bharatiya Janata Party Chief JP Nadda were among the top leaders who also paid tributes to the ex-prime minister.
Remembering Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister Narendra penned an article calling him the “architect of India’s transition into the 21st century that set stage for country’s economic surge.”
“He stands tall as a statesman who continues to inspire countless people,” Modi wrote.
In the article, Modi also shared pictures of the moments he shared with Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Modi said it was a privilege for many Bharatiya Janata Party members like him to learn from and interact with a person like Vajpayee.
“Our nation will always be grateful to Atal Ji for being the architect of India’s transition into the 21st century. When he took oath as PM in 1998 our nation had passed through a period of political instability,” PM Modi said.
” It was Atal Ji who turned this tide by providing stable and effective governance. Coming from humble roots, he realised the strug-gles of the common citizen and the transformative power of effective governance,” PM Modi wrote in the note.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born on December 25, 1924, in Gwalior in present-day Madhya Pradesh. He went on to serve as the Prime Minister of India on three occasions , first in 1996 for a term of 13 days, followed by a 13-month term between 1998 and 1999, and later a full term of five years between 1999 to 2004.
Vajpayee was even honoured with Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian honour, in 2015.
