Before Taking Oath, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Pays Rich Tributes To Mahatma Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee And Visits War Memorial

Before his takes oath for his second term , Prime Minister Narendra Modi began the day by visiting Rajghat and paid tributes to the ‘Father of the Nation’ Mahatma Gandhi.

After that Modi paid his respects at the memorial of late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Sadaiv Atal Samadhi, the lotus-shaped monument dedicated to Vajpayee — who led India between 1996 and 2004 — was inaugurated last December, a few months after his death on August 16.

Top BJP leaders including party chief Amit Shah accompanied Modi to Vajpayee’s memorial.

This was followed by a visit to the War Memorial . Army Chief General Bipin Rawat, Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba and Vice Chief of Air Force Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria were also present at the memorial.