Lok Sabha Adjourned for the Day After Mourning Vajpayee’s Death

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on Tuesday after paying tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and four other former and incumbent MPs who passed away during the intersession period. Soon after the House met for the day beginning the Winter Session of the Parliament, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan made the obituary references. A two-minute silence was observed in memory of the deceased. Mahajan described Vajpayee as a “visionary” leader of “masses” and one of the “greatest” parliamentarians. “His personality will always be a source of inspiration for us,” she said and conveyed sympathies of the House to the members of Vajpayee’s family. Vajpayee died on August 16 in Delhi after a prolonged illness. (IANS)

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