Rohtang tunnel stone laid by Sonia Gandhi removed before opening by PM Modi: Congress

Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, after whom the tunnel has been named, had announced the project during a public meeting at Lahaul-Spiti's Keylong in June, 2000. He had laid the foundation stone for an approach road to the tunnel in 2002. The Congress leader said if not reinstalled within a fortnight, the party will launch a statewide agitation.