Chennai, Dec. 25 -- Senior BJP leader H. Raja paid floral tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the party headquarters in Chennai on the occasion of Vajpayee's 101st birth anniversary on Thursday.

State vice president V.P. Duraisamy and state secretary Amar Prasad Reddy also participated in the event.

Speaking to the media afterwards, Raja urged the DMK government, which was part of the NDA during Vajpayee's tenure, to honour the former Prime Minister by naming at least one of the new parks being built in Tamil Nadu after him:

"The DMK, which participated in the NDA government during Vajpayee's tenure, should honour him by naming at least one of the new parks being built in Tamil Nadu after the former Prime Minister...