The Uttar Pradesh government has organised several programmes like Kavi Sammelans, debates, poetry recitals and rangoli competitions in the schools and colleges on the occassion of birth anniversary of former prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

A two-hour play, ‘Rashtra Purush Atal’, will be staged by a 200-strong group from Maharashtra in the state capital Lucknow. Government officials will distribute blankets and other items to the needy. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will take part in a discussion on the topic ‘Mahanayak Atal’ in Lucknow.