Overview
- The BJP marked Good Governance Day across Assam at booth, mandal, district and state levels to commemorate Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s 101st birth anniversary.
- Programmes began on December 24 at the Assam BJP headquarters in Guwahati, where the BJP Mahila Morcha lit 1,000 earthen lamps.
- On December 25, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and senior state leaders offered floral tributes and an exhibition on Vajpayee’s life was held at the party office.
- State BJP president Dilip Saikia highlighted Vajpayee’s imprint on highways expansion, the Pokhran tests, the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and the creation of DoNER, saying the Modi government is advancing this agenda in the Northeast.
- Veteran party leader Kanta Nalawade asserted that “PM Modi has fulfilled Atal Ji’s dream,” sharing personal recollections that portrayed Vajpayee as accessible and diligent while contrasting his style with Modi’s.