Andhra Pradesh legislature pays Glowing tributes to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Glowing tributes were paid

to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee by the Andhra

Pradesh legislature on the first day of its monsoon session

Thursday.

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Legislative

Affairs Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu moved condolence

motions in the assembly and the council respectively.

Naidu noted Vajpayee had a lot of admiration for Telugu

Desam Party founder N T Rama Rao and loved Andhra Pradesh and

the Telugu people.

Vajpayee occupied the Prime Ministers post twice with

the support of Telugu people... In Vajpayees death, Bharat

Mata lost a dear son and a great statesman, the Chief

Minister said.

Ministers and several legislators also spoke, hailing

Vajpayee, who died on August 16 after a prolonged illness.

The two Houses adopted the condolence motions

unanimously.

The Assembly, in an other motion, paid homage to former

minister and actor Nandamuri Harikrishna, son of Rama Rao, who

died in a road accident on August 29.