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Atal Bihari Vajpayee dies at 93

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, India’s former prime minister and one of the founding members of Bhartiya Janata Party has passed away in Delhi today. He was 93 years old. Vajpayee was fighting illness for last 9 years and since last two months, he was admitted in AIIMS. He took his last breath at 17:05HRS, 16th August 2018.

Vajpayee was kept on life support system since yesterday early morning. Since the news of him being put on life support came out, there were a number of politicians who reached AIIMS to meet him. The list included the likes of Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi, Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Vasundhara Raje, Venkaiah Naidu etc.

Narendra Modi paid his tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee in form of a tweet

The official twitter handle of Congress Party also remembered Atal Bihari Vajpayee for being loved by everyone.

The remains of Atal Bihari Vajpayee will now be taken to his residence at Krishna Menon Marg.

By Prithviraj Singh Chauhan

Part time journalist, full-time observer. Editor-in-Chief at The Indian Wire. I cover updates related to business and startups.

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