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NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee turned 85 today, but there was no birthday celebrations due to last month's Mumbai terror
attacks. Vajpayee had expressed his desire a couple of days ago not to celebrate his birthday in view of the terror strikes in Mumbai.
President Pratibha Patil was amongst the first to send greetings to the BJP veteran, Rashtrapati Bhavan sources said.
Vice President Hamid Ansari sent flowers to the former PM's residence, BJP sources said. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh drove to the veteran leader's Krishna Menon Marg residence to wish him on his 85th birthday. Singh was with Vajpayee for about 15 minutes. Leader of Opposition and Vajpayee's long time colleague L K Advani also went to the former Prime Minister's residence to express his birthday wishes, BJP sources said.
BJP chief Rajnath Singh, senior party leader Jaswant Singh, Uttarakhand Chief Minister B C Khanduri, former BJP president Bangaru Laxman, INLD chief Om Prakash Chautaula and former National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra also wished Vajpayee. Several other leaders from BJP, its NDA allies and those from other parties also sent bouquets and birthday wishes to Vajpayee, who was born on this day in 1924.
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