Atal Bihari Vajpayee is statesman like figure: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, Aug 16 (IBNS): Ahead of reaching the New Delhi AIIMS to visit ex-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, whose health condition is critical, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called the former "a statesman like figure".
Mamata is expected to reach the national capital by this evening.
Interacting with media possibly before enplaning, the Chief Minister said: "He was an exception. He was a statesman like figure. I got an opportunity to work with him.
"He was a kindhearted man and we all respect him," she added.
Vajpayee is presently on life support.
Vajpayee, 93, was admitted to the AIIMS with a kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection, low urine output and chest congestion.
He is under the supervision of Dr Randeep Guleria, the Director of AIIMS, who has been his personal physician for decades.
Vajpayee, whose first term as the Prime Minister lasted only 13 days in 1996, was the Prime Minister from 1998 to 2004.
Mamata-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) was a part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, which was run by Vajpayee between 1999-2004.
The TMC chief was also the Railway Minister and later the Coal Minister during Vajpayee regime.
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