Mangaluru, (Karnataka), Nov 19 (IANS) The BJP on Wednesday hailed senior party leader and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as an inspiring force at an event organised as part of his centenary celebrations.

Speaking at the grand district-level programme ‘Atal Virasat’, organised in Puttur, BJP MLA B. Y. Vijayendra, said, “The very name Atalji is an inspiring force; he was a poet at heart and a writer. Atalji was an ‘Ajatashatru’ (one without enemies) and a true patriot. It is our pride and inspiration that we are workers of the BJP built by Atalji.”

The Karnataka BJP chief recalled that Vajpayee had visited Karnataka and the Mangaluru region several times and recognised the organisational strength of the workers here.

He also quoted Vajpayee’s statement that Karnataka would bec

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