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NEW DELHI: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu visited AIIMS today to enquire about the condition of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee , who has been undergoing treatment at the premier institute.

Vajpayee's condition is critical and he continues to be on advanced life-support system.

BJP chief Amit Shah , Union Health Minister J P Nadda, are at AIIMS, while Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal , and Union ministers Prakash Javadekar, Dharmendra Pradhan are expected to visit the premier medical institute soon.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh is also likely to visit AIIMS.

The 93-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party leader was admitted at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on June 11 with a kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection, low urine output and chest congestion.

The veteran BJP leader, a diabetic, has one functional kidney. He had suffered a stroke in 2009 that weakened his cognitive abilities. Subsequently, he developed dementia .

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited AIIMS last evening to enquire about the condition of Vajpayee.

