BHUBANESWAR: BJP state president Manmohan Samal, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and other party leaders remembered former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the latter’s birth anniversary on the Good Governance Day.
Samal along with other leaders on Monday paid floral tribute to the former PM at the party headquarters here and garlanded the statue of Vajpayee inside the premises of the AIIMS Bhubaneswar.“He was a statesman with great vision. He has always tried for the development of the country and helped India to take it to greater heights,” he added.
Pradhan said he was fortunate enough to become a Lok Sabha member in 2004 when Vajpayee was also a member of the lower house of the Parliament. “I have seen him from the close quarters, and I was influenced by his personality,” said the Union minister while paying tribute to the former PM.
BJP Odisha gave away ‘Atal Samman-2023’ to three persons for their contribution to the society. Senior politician Khirod Prasad Swain received the 8th Atal Samman-2023. Similarly, noted orthopedics surgeon Dr Biswanath Patnaik got Atal Sewa Samman-2023 and Smarapriya Mishra received Atal Kabita Samman-2023.
Besides, BJP members have paid rich tribute to Vajpayee at different places of the state on Monday.
Samal along with other leaders on Monday paid floral tribute to the former PM at the party headquarters here and garlanded the statue of Vajpayee inside the premises of the AIIMS Bhubaneswar.“He was a statesman with great vision. He has always tried for the development of the country and helped India to take it to greater heights,” he added.
Pradhan said he was fortunate enough to become a Lok Sabha member in 2004 when Vajpayee was also a member of the lower house of the Parliament. “I have seen him from the close quarters, and I was influenced by his personality,” said the Union minister while paying tribute to the former PM.
BJP Odisha gave away ‘Atal Samman-2023’ to three persons for their contribution to the society. Senior politician Khirod Prasad Swain received the 8th Atal Samman-2023. Similarly, noted orthopedics surgeon Dr Biswanath Patnaik got Atal Sewa Samman-2023 and Smarapriya Mishra received Atal Kabita Samman-2023.
Besides, BJP members have paid rich tribute to Vajpayee at different places of the state on Monday.