<span style="color: #222222;">In Meghalaya, the ashes of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee were today immersed in Umshyrpi river. Vajpayee passed away on August 16.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''The urn containing the ashes was received by the president of Meghalaya unit of the BJP and other state officials in Guwahati on August 23. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The urn was taken in a procession from the party office and culminated on the banks of Umshyrpi.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">BJP national spokesperson and In-charge of the Meghalaya wing, Nalin Kohli, was present at the procession.<br />''<br />''</span>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222">Moreover, the ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee were also immersed in the Alaknanda river at Badrinath in Uttarakhand today by BJP leaders amid vedic hymns. <o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">BJP state president Ajay Bhatt, party national secretary Tirath Singh Rawat and MLA Mahendra Bhatt among others were present at the Brahma Kapal Gandhi Ghat from where the ashes were immersed in the river.</span></p>