Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee cremated with full state honours
Updated: August 17, 2018 07:42 PM IST
Former Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) patriarch Atal Bihari Vajpayee was cremated with full state honour at Smriti Sthal on Friday. Vajpayee’s foster daughter Namita Bhattacharya lit the funeral pyre, while the Tricolour, wrapped around the glass coffin of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was handed over to his granddaughter Niharika.