Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 91st birthday on Friday and called him a leader who distinguished himself in every role.
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Modi on Friday made a surprise announcement of a stop-over in Lahore as he wrapped up his brief Afghanistan visit. In an obvious reference to Pakistan, Modi said there were “some who did not want us to be here”.
After reaching India, PM headed to meet former Indian PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his residence to wish him birthday.
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“Am personally touched by Nawaz Sharif Sahab’s gesture of welcoming me at Lahore airport and coming to the airport when I left”, Modi said in a tweet after returning to New Delhi. “This is his speciality”, Prime Minister Modi stated in a collection of tweets.
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Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, addressing a symposium organised on the occasion at BJP State headquarters Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Campus, said, “Atalji is the mirror of Indian views and cultural richness”.
Chouhan said Vajpayee was a politician who would not mind taking a two-wheeler or an autorickshaw to reach a venue.
In 1951, Vajpayee helped to set up the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. The internationally renowned musician began the night with a rendition of Mr Vajpayee’s poem and went to sing some popular Bollywood numbers, sung by him over the years.
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Kumar was a Union minister in the Vajpayee government between 1998 and 2004.
