PM, Amit Shah walk beside Vajpayee's cortege to Smriti Sthal
August 17, 2018  14:54
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The funeral procession is showered with flower petals as it moves at a snail's pace from the BJP HQ to Smriti Sthal, just four kilometres away. The PM and Amit Shah surrounded by SPG walking the whole way.


Earlier, inside the BJP HQ, the air was solemn as Vajpayee's body, draped in the tricolour, was placed on a platform draped in white flowers. Hundreds of people filed past the body in silence, with a large portrait of a smiling Vajpayee -- a BJP flag on either side -- in the backdrop.
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