Sports stars across India condole demise of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee

The sports fraternity has come in unison to pay tribute to former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who passed away yesterday after a prolonged illnessThe 93yearold Bharatiya Janata Party BJP veteran breathed his last at 505 pm on Thursday at All India Institute of Medical Science AIIMS in New DelhiVajpayee was admitted to AIIMS on June 11 with complications arising out of Urinary Tract Infection low urine output and chest congestion He was on life support since Wednesday morning after his condition deterioratedFrom master blaster Sachin Tendulkar to chess champion Viswanathan Anand all took to their social media handles to condole the demise of Vajpayee Insisting that the former prime ministeriquests contributions to the country were innumerable legendary cricketer Tendulkar tweeted iquestIndia is at a great loss today Shri AtalBihariVajpayee jis contributions to our nation have been innumerable Thoughts and prayers go out to his loved onesIndian boxing sensation Vijender Singh described Vajpayee as a man who won over million hearts He wrote One of the Greatest PM this Country has ever seenA visionary A poet A statesman A man who won over million hearts Man who deserves nothing but respect Bharat Ratna AtalBihariVajpayee is no more with us His contribution for the motherland will inspire generations to comeIndian badminton player Jwala Gutta on the other hand also took to her Twitter handle and condoled the demise of the late BJP stalwart End of an era RIPAtalBihariVaajpayee iquest she tweetedFormer Indian batsman VVS Laxman said that Vajpayee ji was nations most loved prime minister and a great poetOne of Indias Most Loved Prime Minister a great poet and a wonderful statesman We as a nation will miss you sir AtalBihariVaajpayee ji Deepest condolences to admirers and loved ones Laxman wrote on TwitterFivetime world chess champion Viswanathan Anand also paid homage writing India loses one of its great leaders iquestGentle Giantiquest thats a wonderful way to remember him and his work My deepest condolences ripvajpayeeFormer captain of Indian women cricket team Anjum Chopra described Vajpayee as an iconic leader She tweeted An iconic leader a visionary a former prime minister a Bharat Ratna AtalBihariVaajpayee ji really stood out tall as a statesman in Indian Politics RIP sir Vajpayee the 10th prime minister of India who passed away on Thursday evening will be cremated on Friday with full state honour The mortal remains of the former prime minister which is presently resting at his Krishna Menon Marg residence will be taken to the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP headquarters at around 9 am and Vajpayees funeral procession will take place at Smriti Sthal at 130 pmHe led the National Democratic Alliance government from 1998 to 2004 and was also the firstever member of the BJP to become Indias Prime Minister The Central and all state governments have declared a sevenday holidayCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever