{"id":301476,"date":"2018-08-17T12:04:10","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T12:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=301476"},"modified":"2018-08-17T12:04:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T12:04:10","slug":"former-pm-atal-bihari-vajpayee-cremated-with-full-state-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/former-pm-atal-bihari-vajpayee-cremated-with-full-state-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee cremated with full state honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-301477 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Atal-cremation-300x156.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"684\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/Atal-cremation-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/Atal-cremation-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/Atal-cremation-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/Atal-cremation-696x362.png 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/Atal-cremation-1068x556.png 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/Atal-cremation-807x420.png 807w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/Atal-cremation.png 1293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/>Former prime minister and BJP stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee was cremated with full state honors at Smriti Sthal in Delhi on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Thousands of people from across India came together to join the funeral procession of the former prime minister. Huge crowd of people showered petals at the funeral procession and expressed their condolences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with BJP chief Amit Shah, several union ministers, and many party leaders walked behind the carriage carrying the mortal remains of Vajpayee to the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal where the last rites were performed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid final tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Smriti Sthal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Political leaders including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Rahul Gandhi were also present at the Smriti Sthal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Leaders of Saarc and King of Bhutan also paid homage to Vajpayee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 93, passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday evening where he was being treated since last nine weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">As a mark of respect to the former prime minister, a seven-day mourning has been announced by the Central government.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former prime minister and BJP stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee was cremated with full state honors at Smriti Sthal in Delhi on Friday. Thousands of people from across India came together to join the funeral procession of the former prime minister. Huge crowd of people showered petals at the funeral procession and expressed their condolences. 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