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India’s three-time prime minister Vajpayee dies: Modi
NEW DELHI, Aug 16, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Three-time Indian prime minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee has died, current leader Narendra Modi said Thursday of the
ailing 93-year-old who had been hospitalised.
“It was Atal Ji’s exemplary leadership that set the foundations for a
strong, prosperous and inclusive India in the 21st century,” Modi said in a
tweet Thursday, using a Hindi-language honorific.
“Atal Ji’s passing away is a personal and irreplaceable loss for me.”
BSS/AFP/ARS/1837 hrs