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As former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s health deteriorated on Thursday, 16 August, ministers and Opposition leaders headed to the AIIMS hospital in New Delhi, where the veteran leader is undergoing treatment. People across the nation, too, have Vajpayee’s speedy recovery.
Students of ND public school in Lucknow and a government Ayurvedic Medical college in Gwalior offered prayers on Thursday morning and wished for an improvement in his health.
We prayed for him today. When we got to know that Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji is unwell we prayed for him. We prayed for his well-being and his long life.Nazia, Student
Many in Lucknow rushed to the temple in Gwalior where Vajpayee often paid visit. Youth Congress Leader Shakir Khan even offered chadar at a dargah in Gwalior.
Several leaders took to Twitter to wish Vajpayee a speedy recovery.
Vajpayee continues on advanced life-support system.
The 93-year-old veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader was admitted at the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on 11 June with a kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection, low urine output and chest congestion.
(With inputs from PTI)
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