Atal Bihari Vajpayee is an Indian politician who was the 10th Prime Minister of India, first for 13 days in 1996 and then from 1998 to 2004.
A leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he is the first Prime Minister from outside the Indian National Congress party to serve a full five-year term. At age 92, Vajpayee is currently the oldest living former Indian Prime Minister.
Today on his 93rd Birthday PM Modi hails his “visionary leadership” and prayed for his good health.
“Birthday greetings to our beloved Atal Ji. His phenomenal as well as visionary leadership made India more developed and further raised our prestige at the world stage. I pray for his good health,” PM Modi tweeted.
His birthday is celebrated by the Government as ‘Good Governance Day’ since 2014.
President Ramnath Kovind also joined PM Modi in wishing Vajpayee. “Birthday wishes to our much-loved and respected former Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee,” he tweeted.
And Vice President Venkaiah Naidu conveyed his “heartfelt greetings” and wished Vajpayee on his birthday. “Convey my heartfelt greetings to Bharat Ratna, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji, on his birthday, today,” he tweeted.
BJP national president Amit Shah visited Vajpayee at his residence at Krishna Menon Marg in Delhi to wish him on his birthday. BJP workers in Kanpur performed a ‘havan’ today morning and prayed for Vajpayee’s good health and long life.
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