Vajpayee's ashes immersed in Brahmaputra, Barak rivers in Assam

The ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee were today simultaneously immersed in the mighty Brahmaputra and Barak rivers in Assam's Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Dhubri and Silchar.

Amidst recital of all faith prayers, one of the urns was taken in a specially prepared boat for immersion of the ashes in the midst of Brahmaputra with vedic rites by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, state BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass and other senior party leaders.

The immersion took place in the Brahmaputra adjacent to Lachit ghat in Guwahati with "Atalji Amar rahe" slogan ranting the air.

The four urns containing the ashes of Bharat Ratna Vajpayee were brought to Assam yesterday by Dass from New Delhi after receiving them from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party national president Amit Shah at a function in Delhi on August 21.