India's former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee passed away on Thursday.

 

印度前总理瓦杰帕伊周四辞世。
 

 

Vajpayee, who belonged to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the main ruling party in the country, was 93 years old.

 

A bachelor throughout his life, he was survived by an adopted daughter. 

 

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had personally visited the hospital Wednesday night to inquire about Vajpayee's health.

 

Besides, BJP President Amit Shah, Vice¹ President Venkaiah Naidu, senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani, and a host of other union cabinet ministers, also visited the hospital since Thursday morning to know about his latest health condition.

 

Vajpayee had been admitted in Delhi-based "All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)" for the past nine weeks after complaints of kidney infection and breathlessness. His condition had deteriorated² over the past couple of days, after which he continued to be on life-support system.

 

He had been bed-ridden for the past several years, in almost an unconscious state.

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