lucknowUpdated: Dec 25, 2020, 09:56 ISTUttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday paid tributes to late former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee ahead of his birth anniversary on Friday. He said Vajpayee was always a popular leader, whether he was in the ruling party or in the opposition. Adityanath said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is following Vajpayee’s tradition and is engaged in the betterment of the country and its people. “The dreams of Atalji are now being realised,” Adityanath said at a poetry event organised by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Memorial Foundation here. He said Vajpayee’s poetry epitomised nationalism, values, and struggle.

Source: Hindustan Times December 25, 2020 04:26 UTC