Patna, Dec. 26 -- Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and senior state BJP leaders on Thursday paid tributes to former prime minister, late Atal Bihar Vajpayee, on his 101st birth anniversary.

Kumar, along with his deputies Vijay Sinha and Samrat Choudhary, and state BJP president Sanjay Saraogi, paid floral tributes to the statue of Vajpayee at Patliputra Atal Park here.

"We came here to bow before the poet, the nation-builder and the leader who gave the message to the nation on how it can stand strongly on its feet. We are working to materialise his resolve to make India the best among nations," Choudhary said.

Later, addressing BJP MLAs and party workers at a conference-cum-exhibition on Vajpayee's life at the state party headquarters...