Ashes of Vajpayee was immersed in Bay of Bengal today

The ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee were immersed in the Bay of Bengal here today in the presence of Puducherry L Governor Kiran Bedi. Addressing a meeting to condole the demise of Vajpayee, the Lt Governor said he was 'the father figure of the country and he would be looked up as one of the finest administrators.'

The former IPS officer also recalled how Vajpayee would listen to police officials and respect them without interfering in the discharge of their duties and in the enforcement of the law.

President of the local unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party and MLA V Saminathan read out a condolence message and all those present observed a two-minute silence in memory of Vajpayee. The leader of the Opposition N Rangasamy, Members of Parliament N Gokulakrishnan (Rajya Sabha), R Radhakrishnan (Lok Sabha) Purushothaman (AIADMK) and S P Sivakumar (DMK) were also among those present.

Territorial Chief Minister V Narayanasamy and his Cabinet colleagues had paid homage to the urn containing the ashes, yesterday.

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