This Article is From Dec 02, 2014

PM Narendra Modi Announces Vajpayee's Birthday to Be Celebrated as 'Good Governance Day'

PM Narendra Modi Announces Vajpayee's Birthday to Be Celebrated as 'Good Governance Day'

BJP MPs have been asked to make December 25, Vajpayee's birthday, symbolic of good governance.

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's birthday on December 25 would be observed as national 'Good Governance Day', Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.

PM Modi was addressing party MPs at the meeting of the BJP Parliamentary Party, where BJP President Amit Shah was also present.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the party MPs that the birthday of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee would be observed as national 'Good Governance Day' on December 25, where all BJP MPs and government officials will make the day symbolic of good governance," Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy told reporters.

He said the Prime Minister also asked all party MPs to highlight all BJP-run governments and bodies across the country as models of good governance on the day.

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