New Delhi: Former prime minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee turned 93 today.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister
Narendra Modi wished him on his birthday.
"His phenomenal as well as visionary leadership made
India more developed and further raised our prestige at the
world stage. I pray for his good health," Modi tweeted.
Wishing him on his birthday, Naidu posted a poem by
Vajpayee which urged people to remain united and not to give
up hope in tough times.
Vajpayee was elected to Lok Sabha from Lucknow in 1991,
1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004. He is the first and the only non-
Congress leader who completed his full term as prime minister.
Born in 1924, he entered politics during the Quit India
movement in 1942. He was also the first external affairs
minister to deliver a speech in the UN Assembly in Hindi.
