PM Modi unveils statue of Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Lucknow on his birth anniversary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday unveiled a statue of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the Lok Bhawan in Lucknow.He also laid the foundation stone for the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University in the Uttar Pradesh capital.
The state government has given 50 acres of land for the varsity.
The event coincided with the birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who represented Lucknow in the Lok Sabha five times.
Earlier in the day, President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several union ministers paid tributes to Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 95th birth anniversary.
A prayer meeting was held at Sadaiv Atalthe memorial to Atal Bihari Vajpayeeto mark the birth anniversary of the former prime minister.
BJP veteran LK Advani, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and members of Vajpayee's family were amongst those who paid tributes to the BJP leader amid the playing of hymns and devotional music.
The memorial was dedicated to the nation in December last year.
Vajpayee was born in 1924 in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. He died on August 16, 2018 at AIIMS in New Delhi.
"Tributes to Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who is etched in the hearts of the countrymen, on his birth anniversary," Modi wrote on Twitter.
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