The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) observed the birthday of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the service day across the State on Sunday.
Various programmes were organized across the state in order to pray for the long and healthy life of the veteran leader. BJP workers organised several programmes on Sunday to mark the birthday of Vajpayee in all the 17 blocks of Bhopal. Parliamentarian Alok Sanjar and legislator Surendranath Singh distributed the sweets among the people while Mayor Alok Sharma distributed clothes and sweets at the old age home.
The workers lighted 92 lamps at Pandit Deendayal Parisar, the state headquarters of the party and made rangolis in order to pray for the long life of Vajpayee.
Similarly, Women front of the BJP performed special ‘Pooja’ for the long life of Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the Hanuman temple in Gwalior. The workers of the Women Front distributed the sweets and fruits among the people. Central Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Mayor Vivek Shejwalkar, BJP’s District President Devesh Sharma, legislator Bharat Singh Kushwaha took part in the programme.
BJP’s Scheduled caste front also organised a programme in which Central Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Maya Singh distributed the food packets among the people. Central Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Thawar Chand Gehlot distributed fruits and sweets among the patients of leprosy disease at the Kusht ashram in Ujjain on Sunday. While, the party workers burned firecrackers and distributed sweets in order to mark the birthday of Vajpayee in Indore. Mayor Malini Gour, BJP State Vice President and legislator Sudarshan Gupta, District President Kailash Sharma remained present during the programme. Party workers distributed warm clothes and fruits among the patients in the civil hospital of the Rajgarh district while workers BJP’s Youth Front distributed fruits in the district hospital at the Datia district.