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Thursday, 16 August 2018

Vajpayee on life support: Top developments

*AIIMS in a late night press release issued on Wednesday night had announced that Atal Bihari Vajpayee has been put on life support system. +

*Vajpayee is a diabetic and has been on one functional kidney. He suffered a stroke in 2009 that weakened his cognitive abilities. Later, he developed dementia.


*Since today morning, several political leaders rushed to the hospital to enquire about Vajpayee's health.

*Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited former PM Vajpayee twice today followed by senior BJP leader L K Advani.

*Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, EAM Sushma Swaraj and Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh , Rajasthan CM Vasundhra Raje, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan among several others visited Vajpayee today.


Read: Atal Bihari Vajpayee Live Updates
*UP CM Yogi, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Assam CM Sonowal are also expected to travel to Delhi later during the day.
*Vajpayee's family members from Gwalior and Agra have also been in AIIMS since today afternoon.
*School children across the country held prayer meetings hoping for Vajpayee's well-being.

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