It was reported that Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 93 year old Indian former prime minister and Hindu nationalist is dead. He died on Thursday, 16 August 2018 after a prolonged illness. Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s death was announced by All India Institute of Medical Sciences, where he was hospitalized for over two months for treatment of a kidney infection and chest congestion. Vajpayee was a leader of the Hindu nationalist (Bharatiya Janata Party) who ordered nuclear tests in 1998 to make India a nuclear weapon power and a year later, traveled by bus to Lahore (Pakistani city) to begin groundbreaking peace process with rival Pakistan. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a poet-politician was the country’s (India) prime minister in 1996, and again in 1998 to 2004. He (Atal Bihari Vajpayee) was loved and admired by millions including his political enemies.
Viewers Corner News team extend our condolences to his family and Indian people, may his soul rest in peace.
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