Overview
- Union ministers unveiled a statue of Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Bhimavaram during the Atal–Modi Suparipalana Yatra, adding to a series of centenary events across states.
- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai earlier unveiled a bronze statue in Rajamahendravaram and announced that 100 parks in his state will be named after Vajpayee on December 25, with the capital already designated Atal Nagar.
- The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister is scheduled to unveil another Vajpayee statue in Amaravati on December 25, according to Union minister K. Rammohan Naidu.
- At an Indore programme organised by the Atal Foundation, Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan praised Vajpayee’s integrity and cited initiatives like PMGSY and the Golden Quadrilateral as nation-building milestones.
- Linking memorials to current policy themes, speakers highlighted infrastructure corridors such as the Raipur–Visakhapatnam expressway and asserted gains against Maoist violence as part of a broader development push, while separate tributes marked P.V. Narasimha Rao’s death anniversary.