M Humayun Kabir: Former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee passed away yesterday afternoon at a hospital in India. He was 93.
Vajpayee, who was placed on life support as his condition worsened on Wednesday, breathed his last at 5.05pm, reports The Times of India.
The former Indian PM was admitted to All
India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on June 11 with kidney and urinary tract infections and low urine output, doctors, attending him at the hospital, said in a statement Wednesday.The statement said, “Vajpayee has been admitted to the AIIMS for the last nine weeks. His condition is critical and he is on life support.”Vajpayee was elected the prime minister of India thrice between 1996 and 1999.He was the only non-Congress PM to have completed full term of five years in office from 1999 to 2004.As his health failed, he became a total recluse and was seldom seen outside his residence for years.
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