A prayer meeting was held at the historic Ridge here on Wednesday to pay tributes to former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who breathed his last at New Delhi on August 16.
The Urn (Asthi Kalash) of Vajpayee was brought from New Delhi which was received by the Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and kept at The Ridge, where people of different walks of life paid tributes to the departed leader.
Governor Acharya Devvrat, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda, Former Chief Minister Shanta Kumar, Virbhadra Singh and Prem Kumar Dhumal, Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rajiv Bindal, ClP leader Mukesh Agnihotri, CPM leader and MlA Rakesh Singha, Council of Ministers, besides others paid floral tributes on portrait of the former Prime Minister.
Paying his tributes, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said that Vajpayee was a statesman, a visionary leader, who was above the party politics and his demise was indeed a great loss to the nation in general and Himachal Pradesh in particular.
He said that Vajpayee has special place in his heart for the people of the state and state would always miss his love and benevolence.
Thakur said although Vajpayee was not active for the last ten years, still his vision, his thoughts and his values were always with the people of the country.
He said that lakhs of youth joined the last journey of Vajpayee which shows his deep rooted impacts even in the hearts of the youth.