'Atal Ji will live on in hearts and minds of every Indian': Nation bids tearful adieu
Updated: August 17, 2018 08:15 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president Amit Shah, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, senior BJP leader LK Advani, Congress president Rahul Gandhi, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and various other national leaders attended the cremation ceremony to pay homage to the Bharat Ratna, who breathed his last at 5:05 pm on Thursday.