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PM Modi, Amit Shah and thousands walk along in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s final journey
Thousands joined in the final journey of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee (ABV). Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah and other senior leaders including LK Advani and Sitaram Yechury and thousands of people paid their tribute as the mortal remains of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee reached the party’s central office on Friday.
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The body, draped in the national flag reached the 6-A Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg headquarters in a procession which was joined by a large number of people from different parts of the country who chanted “Jab tak sooraj chand rahega, Atalji ka naam rahega”, “Bharat Mata ki jai” and “Vande Mataram” in unison to pay their tribute to the departed leader.
The body was brought from the Krishna Menon Marg residence of the former Prime Minister in a flower-decked hearse drawn by a military truck.
Modi, Shah, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath stood in silence near the gate as the body arrived. Modi and Shah were spotted walking along the procession which carried the mortal remains of ABV. The mortal remains were kept in front of a large smiling picture of Vajpayee. A party flag had been placed on each side of the photograph.
Advani, a long-time associate of Vajpayee, visited the new party office to pay his tribute. Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and CPI leader D Raja also paid their tribute. Among those present were union ministers, chief ministers, state ministers, MPs, MLAs and BJP office-bearers.
As the casket reached the party office, people turned emotional and some of them had tears in their eyes in memory of their beloved leader who had a pan-India appeal. They had gathered outside the party office in large numbers since morning to pay their tribute. Security men had a hard time keeping the crowds in check.
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