As BJP celebrated the birthday of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as Good Governance Day, former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur, BJP State President Suresh Kashyap, State Incharge Avinash Rai Khanna along with a host of other leaders, paid floral tributes at the statue of Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Ridge Maidan in Shimla. Speaking on this occasion, former Chief Minister Jairam Thakur said that Vajpayee followed the ideals of peace, survival, compassion, equality, justice and fraternity throughout his life. Saying that the former Prime Minister was rich in talent, he said, "Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a poet, writer, journalist, politician, freedom fighter and visionary and versatile. He was rich in talent. He was a true nationalist and always kept the national interest above party politics."