On Vajpayee’s final journey, PM Modi and sea of mourners walk alongside the casket

The last rites of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will take place at 4 pm on Friday at Rashtriya Smriti Sthal in New Delhi, BJP chief Amit Shah said. The body of the BJP veteran was earlier kept at his official residence -- 6 A Krishna Menon Marg and was later taken to the BJP headquarters at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg where senior leaders, including PM Modi and Amit Shah, paid their tributes. The last rites of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will take place at 4 pm today at Rashtriya Smriti Sthal in New Delhi.