Visakhapatnam, Aug. 18 -- BJP National President Nitin Nabin on Tuesday paid floral tributes to former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Awardee Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his statue on Beach Road in Visakhapatnam.

Nabin paid his respects to the late former Prime Minister in the presence of Andhra Pradesh BJP President PVN Madhav, Visakhapatnam North BJP MLA Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju and Etcherla MLA Nadukuditi Eswara Rao.

The tribute comes after leaders across the country paid their respects to Vajpayee on his death anniversary on August 16.

EaPresident Droupadi Murmu, Vice President CP Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had paid floral tributes to Vajpayee at his memorial, 'Sadaiv Atal', in Delhi.

Vajpayee, who served as Pri...