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- 1. President Droupadi Murmu paid emotional tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 99th birthday.
2. BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda ji also paid tribute to Atal ji in the Lok Abhiyaan program.
3. Vajpayee taught the mantra of good governance, while Modi did it during his tenure – Goel.
New Delhi; December25, 2023: President Draupadi Murmu and BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda today paid heartfelt tribute to Atal ji in a program organized by Lok Abhiyan on the 99th birthday of forme Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. On this occasion, the President also inaugurated the photo exhibition on Atal ji.
The program was presided over by ‘Lok Abhiyan’ president and former Union Minister, Vijay Goel. Delhi State President Virendra Sachdeva and other dignitaries were also present in the program.
Artiste and singer Vidya Shah enthralled the audience with her melodious singing in the packed hall of Dr. Ambedkar International.
Remembering Atal ji, Goel said that he had a close relationship with Atal ji since his college days.
Vijay Goel said that Congress ruled for 70 years, but good governance was established by Vajpayee ji and if anyone took forward that good governance strongly, it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji. He said that Atal ji's birthday is celebrated as ‘Good Governance Da’y every year.
Recalling his association with Atal ji, Vijay Goel described him as a person who dedicated his entire life for the welfare of the nation. We all got a lot to learn from Vajpayee ji. If you want to learn politics, social service, values and most of all how to become a good person, then learn it from Vajpayee ji Goel said.
Goel further said that at that time many youth like me took inspiration from Atal ji and learned a lot in politics and later fulfilled their responsibilities as Union Ministers in the government. Today, the Prime Minister and President of the country have all grown up influenced by the works of Atal ji.
Goel said that I remember Vajpayee ji used to say, “Modi will not earn name in the country, he will earn name in the whole world. See, one day it will progress a lot.” In those days, I was a minister in the Prime Minister's Office with Vajpayee ji. Who knew better than me what they thought about whom? We have seen for the first time that the Prime Minister of a country, in the last journey of the person whom he considers as his guru and ideal, has gone on foot to the last place ‘Sadaiv Atal’.
Today Prime Minister Modi ji has launched many schemes in the name of Atal ji.
