A B Vajpayee’s ashes brought to Karnataka

Team Udayavani, Aug 23, 2018, 10:53 AM IST

Mysuru: BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa brought the urns containing the ashes of Vajpayee from New Delhi. The urns were taken in a procession from the Kempegowda International Airport to BJP office. Top state leaders including Ananth Kumar, D V Sadananda Gowda and R Ashoka were present.

Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s ashes which has reached Karnataka for immersion will be taken in a procession to Triveni Sangam in Srirangapatna.

The procession will pass through Ramanagara, Channapatna, Maddur and Mandya. Asti Visarjan will also be held at seven other places on August 25 – Rivers Nethravathi, Malaprabha, Krishna Karanja, Tungabhadra, Sharavathi and Tunga. A condolence meeting for Vajpayee will be held in Bengaluru on August 26.

Hundreds of BJP workers and admirers of Atal Bihari Vajpayee paid floral tributes to the ashes of the former prime minister at the party headquarters in Bengaluru on Wednesday.