PAYING tribute to former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Atal Behari Vajpayee on his 101st birth anniversary, State PWD Minister, Rakesh Singh said that Vajpayee placed national interest above everything else and transformed politics into a means of public service. He said Vajpayee’s life and ideals continue to inspire generations. Singh was speaking at the inauguration of the Atal Smriti Exhibition at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s division office, on Thursday.

  

The exhibition was inaugurated in the presence of State BJP General Secretary Rahul Kothari, State Treasurer Akhilesh Jain, Rajya Sabha MP Sumitra Valmiki, BJP District President Ratnesh Sonkar, Rural District President Rajkumar Patel, MLA Ashok Rohani, Mayor Jagat Bahadur Singh, BJP Mahila Morcha State President Ashwini Paranjpe and others. Addressing the gathering, PWD Minister Singh said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is carrying forward Atal Behari Vajpayee’s legacy with the pledge to make India a developed nation by 2047.

 

He said governments at the Centre and in the states are working towards decisive and transparent governance, a corruption-free system and technology-driven welfare schemes, reflecting the ideals laid down by Vajpayee. He added that India today is emerging strongly on the global stage in strategic, economic and cultural terms. State BJP General Secretary Rahul Kothari said Vajpayee set high standards of integrity, transparency and democratic conduct in Indian politics.

 

He said that on the call of the BJP’s central leadership, Atal Smriti Parv is being organised across districts in the state. Under the same, the Atal Smriti Exhibition has been organised to take Vajpayee’s memories, ideas and thoughts to party workers and the public. The 101st birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee was also observed across all 967 BJP booths in the city.