Srinagar, Aug 16 (KNO) : Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee breathed his last today afternoon in a hospital at New Delhi after his condition deteriorated.
Source told to (KNO) that Vajpayee died at 5:05 pm. Vajpayee was known for speaking about solving Kashmir under the ambit of Insaniyat. Born on 25 December 1924 - 16 August 2018) was an politician who thrice served as the Prime Minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, for a period of eleven months from 1998 to 1999, and then for a full term from 1999 to 2004.
He was a member of the Indian Parliament for over four decades, being elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house, ten times, and twice to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house. He served as the Member of Parliament for Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh until 2009 when he retired from active politics due to health concerns. Vajpayee was among the founding members of the erstwhile Bharatiya Jana Sangh which he also headed from 1968 to 1972. He was the Minister of External Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Morarji Desai.