Vajpayee's ashes immersed in Mandovi, Zuari rivers in Goa

Press Trust of India  |  Panaji 

The ashes of former Prime Minister Bihar Vajpayee were immersed in Mandovi and Zuari rivers here as part of the BJP's "asthi kalash yatra".

could not attend as he is in a private hospital in for a check-up for a pancreatic ailment.

Earlier on Wednesday, and BJP had handed over urns containing Vajpayees ashes to all the BJP state unit chiefs asking them to immerse it in rivers and seas across the country.

said the urns containing the former PM's ashes were taken to 37 out of the 40 Assembly constituencies of the state.

He said that it was not taken to Benaulim, Nuvem and Madkai constituencies.

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First Published: Fri, August 24 2018. 21:40 IST