Lucknow: The former Prime Minister ashes will be immersed in all the rivers of districts of Uttar Pradesh, the state government said on Friday.
The Uttar Pradesh government created a list of 75 districts and small and big rivers taken for the immersion of the Bharatiya Janata Party leader, who was cremated, ritually performed in New Delhi on Friday.
The Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that this is being done because Uttar Pradesh was the ‘Karmabhoomi’ of Vajpayee land of action – its people will get an opportunity to become part of his final journey.
The Vajpayee represented the state’s national capital for the five consecutive terms in the Lok Sabha. He was elected from Lucknow constituency in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1998, 1999 and 2004.