New Delhi: The nation will today bid adieu to the former Prime Minister of the country Atal Bihari Vajpayee with heavy hearts, who took his last breath on Thursday at the age of 93. The funeral of the charismatic leader will be held at Smriti Sthal in the national capital Delhi in the evening.
Hundreds of people have queued up outside his residence since morning to pay their last respects to the veteran leader.
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# 12:33 pm: I met him once in 2006. He was a very good orator. The void of his absence can never be filled by anyone in Indian politics, he has been a role model for everyone and inspired many through his poetry, speeches and oratorship; Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar
# 12:21 pm: Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali arrives in Delhi, he will attend the funeral of former PM
# 12:13 pm: Veteran BJP leader LK Advani and his daughter Pratibha Advani with Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray and his family at the BJP Headquarters.
# 11:48 am: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh pay last respects to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at BJP Headquarters.
# 11:38 am: King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk arrives in Delhi, he will attend the funeral of former PM
# 11:31 am: UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Governor Ram Naik pay last respects to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at BJP Headquarters.
# 11:28 am: DMK leader A Raja, Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal and Manipur CM N Biren Singh pay last respects to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at BJP Headquarters.
# 11:16 am: BJP President Amit Shah and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh pays last respects to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at BJP Headquarters.
# 11:13 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays last respects to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at BJP Headquarters.
# 11:04 am: The mortal remains of former PM have been brought to BJP Headquarters
# 10:18 am: Huge crowd gathers at BJP Headquarters where mortal remains of former PM will be brought shortly.
— ANI (@ANI) August 17, 2018
# 10:16 am: A huge crowd of people has joined the procession as the mortal remains of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee are being taken from his residence to the BJP Headquarters. People are chanting ‘Atal Bihari amar rahe’ and ‘Vande Mataram’.
— ANI (@ANI) August 17, 2018
# 10:09 am: Huge crowd of people have also joined the procession.
# 10:02 am: The mortal remains of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee are being taken to BJP Headquarters.
# 09:52 am: PM Narendra Modi arrives at BJP Headquarters at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg where mortal remains of former PM #AtalBihariVajpayee will be brought shortly.
# 09:09 am: BJP headquarters gets ready to host its most illustrious son one last time. Party workers are waiting with teary eyes and minds clogged with everlasting memories of ‘apne Atal ji’ !
#AtalBehariVajpayee pic.twitter.com/sgC8G5UGC1
— भाजपा सम्वाद (@bjpsamvad) August 17, 2018
# 09:00 am: Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu pays tribute to former Prime Minister
#AtalBihariVajpayee at his residence in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/UWGydy2uUg
— ANI (@ANI) August 17, 2018
# 08:58 am: Congress President Rahul Gandhi paid his last respects to the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
— Congress (@INCIndia) August 17, 2018
# 08:37 am: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval pays tribute to former Prime Minister
— ANI (@ANI) August 17, 2018
# 08:35 am: Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba pays tribute to former Prime Minister
#AtalBihariVajpayee at his residence in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/mzeNdspyLU
— ANI (@ANI) August 17, 2018
# 08:30 am: Army Chief Bipin Rawat pays tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his residence in Delhi.
# 08:09 am: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat pays tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his residence in Delhi.
# 07:44 am: Kerala governor P. Sathasivam & Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit pay tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his residence in Delhi.
— ANI (@ANI) August 17, 2018
# Military vehicle would carry the mortal remains of the leader has been decked up with white flowers.
# Heavy security arrangements, including the deployment of police, traffic and paramilitary personnel, were in place around the 6-A Krishna Menon Marg bungalow in the Lutyens Delhi.
# The body of the BJP veteran is kept at his official residence at 6A, Krishna Menon Marg.
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