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Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee , who had been admitted to New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) since June 11 with a kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection, low urine output and chest congestion, passed away on Thursday. He was 93 years old. Since Wednesday evening, leaders of the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), as well as those from other parties, had been visiting the hospital to enquire about the health of the former prime minister. This was after AIIMS issued a statement saying the condition of the 93-year-old leader was critical and informing that he had been kept on life support. While prime minister Narendra Modi visited AIIMS on Wednesday evening as well as today morning, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP President Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Health Minister J P Nadda and former Jammu & Kashmir Chie...

Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee , who had been admitted to New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) since June 11 with a kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection, low urine output and chest congestion, passed away on Thursday. He was 93 years old. Since Wednesday evening, leaders of the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), as well as those from other parties, had been visiting the hospital to enquire about the health of the former prime minister. This was after AIIMS issued a statement saying the condition of the 93-year-old leader was critical and informing that he had been kept on life support. While prime minister Narendra Modi visited AIIMS on Wednesday evening as well as today morning, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP President Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Health Minister J P Nadda and former Jammu & Kas...

As followers and well-wishers prayed for the recovery of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee , the national capital was preparing for the worst on Thursday afternoon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited All India Institute of Media Science (AIIMS), where Vajpayee is currently admitted and on life support system, on Thursday afternoon. He had spent an hour at the hospital on Wednesday evening as well. Traffic police were busy ensuring that roads leading to the hospitals were kept free of heavy traffic. Preparations were also underway outside Vajpayee’s official residence at 6A, Krishna Menon Marg in Lutyens' Delhi. Several senior politicians visited AIIMS to inquire about the health of the 93-year-old leader. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu visited in the morning, as did Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah and senior union ministers Sushma Swaraj and Rajnath Singh. Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje cut short the second leg of her ‘Rajasth...