Atal Bihari Vajpayee death: Politicians across party lines pay tributes to former PM

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was admitted to AIIMS on June 11. (File Photo: IANS)


Three-time Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee breathed his last at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi on Thursday evening. Vajpayee, 93, was on life support system at the country’s premier health institute where he was undergoing treatment for the last nine weeks.

AIIMS administration issued a press release in the evening, confirming the demise of the former PM.

From President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union minister and leaders of opposition parties expressed grief at the death of the BJP stalwart.

Here are the tweets on Vajpayee’s death:

https://x.com/rashtrapatibhvn/status/1030063595772502017

https://x.com/narendramodi/status/1030063782410772480

https://x.com/RahulGandhi/status/1030068745413292034

https://x.com/nitin_gadkari/status/1030064161898807296

https://x.com/smritiirani/status/1030064340051943425

https://x.com/ShahnawazBJP/status/1030064352186060801

https://x.com/VPSecretariat/status/1030064250985832450

https://x.com/ChouhanShivraj/status/1030064190327648258

https://x.com/sureshpprabhu/status/1030063992750911488

https://x.com/CitiznMukherjee/status/1030063975818350592

https://x.com/MamataOfficial/status/1030063971867525120

https://x.com/drharshvardhan/status/1030063964745543680

https://x.com/HarsimratBadal_/status/1030063398912962560

https://x.com/rajinikanth/status/1030065622174978053

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https://x.com/AmitShah/status/1030064991213256711

https://x.com/rajnathsingh/status/1030065051850493952

https://x.com/ArvindKejriwal/status/1030064933306855424

https://x.com/mangeshkarlata/status/1030064618113327109

https://x.com/INCIndia/status/1030064592955695105

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a diabetes patient, was admitted to AIIMS on June 11 for what doctors had described as a routine check-up. He was being treated for a kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection, low urine output and chest congestion.

Read: OBITUARY | Atal Bihari Vajpayee — poet-politician who presided over Indian politics like a giant

The former Prime Minister, whose birthday on December 25 is celebrated as Good Governance Day, was honoured with the Bharat Ratna in 2014.