Kakinada , Dec. 21 -- Glowing tributes were paid to the memory of former Prime Minister and BJP leader Atal Behari Vajpayee at a function held at the Raja tank here on Sunday in connection with the statesman's statue installation.

The BJP state president PV Madhav who unveiled the statue, described Vajpayee as a great patriot, statesman and a doyen of politics .He recalled the country's all round development during Vajpayee's regime and the Pokhran test that got India a place among nuclear power nations. Deputy Chief Minister and Jana Sena leader Pawan Kalyan was among those present with his party cadres.

"The development of roads is on par with foreign countries, especially the Golden Quadrilateral, the massive highway network connecting...