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Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee no more

After battling with illness for 2 months, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee breathed his last at 5:05 PM on Thursday. He was 93. He was admitted in AIIMS hospital in New Delhi.

The 93-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, a diabetic, had one functional kidney. He had suffered a stroke in 2009 that weakened his cognitive abilities. Subsequently, he developed dementia.

The BJP stalwart, who has been a Parliamentarian for over four decades, was among the founding members of the party.

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