Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with BJP chief Amit Shah handed over the ashes of Atal Bihari Vajpayee to the party’s state unit presidents at a function in New Delhi today.
The BJP will take out yatras with urns carrying ashes of the former Prime Minister in all districts and immerse those in rivers across the country. Senior party leader and Union Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Sushma Swaraj and family members of Atal Bihari Vajpayee were present on the occasion.
On Sunday, family members of the departed leader had immersed the ashes in the Ganga river in Haridwar.
