February 02, 2026 05:58 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Delhi blast: Probe reveals doctors' module planned attacks on global coffee chain | Begging bowl: Pakistan PM says he feels “ashamed” seeking loans abroad | Epstein Files shocker! Zohran Mamdani’s mother Mira Nair mentioned in latest tranche | Bill Gates contracted STD after sex with Russian women? Epstein Files make explosive, unverified claims | Big setback for Modi govt: Supreme Court stays controversial UGC Equity Regulations 2026 amid student protests | ‘Mother of all deals’: PM Modi says India–EU FTA is for 'ambitious India' | Delhi HC snubs Sameer Wankhede’s defamation plea over Aryan Khan's Netflix series | Maharashtra in shock: Ajit Pawar dies in plane crash — funeral sees emotional gathering of political heavyweights | India, Canada eye 10-year uranium pact during PM Carney’s March visit | 'None will be harassed': Dharmendra Pradhan breaks silence as UGC rules trigger student protests

Lost a father figure: Lata Mangeshkar on Atal Bihari Vajpayee's death

| @indiablooms | Aug 16, 2018, at 08:05 pm

Mumbai.New Delhi, Aug 16 (IBNS): Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar on Thursday condoled the passing away of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who she considered to be her father like.

In her message she said she is deeply saddened by the death of Vajpayee.

"With the death of Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee, it seemed as if a mountain came down on me since I considered him to be my father-like. Vajpayeeji used to adore me like his daughter. I feel the same pain today as I I felt on the death of my own father. May God bless his soul," Mangeshkar said in a statement.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a three-time prime minister of India, a Bharat Ratna and a stalwart of Indian politics who represented the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on Thursday. He was 93. 

He passed away at 5:05 pm.
 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.