President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee at ‘Sadaiv Atal’ on his 96th birth anniversary in the national capital. "He took the country to unprecedented heights of development. His efforts to build a strong and prosperous India will always be remembered," the prime minister said. Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal also paid floral tribute to the former prime minister.