Veteran BJP leader lK Advani’s wife Kamla Advani, who was his companion for 51 years, passed away due to heart failure on Wednesday at AIIMS where she was rushed to after she complained of breathlessness.
Kamla Advani (83) has been survived by her husband, a son and a daughter. She had been suffering from senile problems for some time.
An AIIMS statement said, “Kamla Advani, wife of lK Advani, was brought to the main casualty, AIIMS, at 5.10 pm in a very serious, unconscious and unresponsive condition. Immediate evaluation revealed the patient to be in cardio-pulmonary arrest.”
The doctors made abortive bids to revive her. After 60 minutes of intensive efforts, she was declared dead at 6.10 pm. AIIMS Director MC Mishra said, “She was pulseless, her blood pressure was not recordable and she was unresponsive. Resuscitative measures were put in place and after about an hour she was declared dead.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a number of leaders, including BJP president Amit Shah, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Congress president Sonia Gandhi, party’s vice- president Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, expressed condolence on her demise.
Recalling his interactions with Kamla Advani, Modi said his thoughts are with the Advani family in this hour of grief. “Deeply pained and saddened by Kamla Advaniji’s demise. She always inspired and motivated karyakartas and was lK Advaniji’s pillar of strength,” Modi tweeted.
“Deeply saddened by the demise of Kamla Advaniji. My heartfelt condolences to Advani family. May God give strength to bear the great pain,” Amit Shah said.
Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Ravi Shankar Prasad, DV Sadananda Gowda, JP Nadda and Prakash Javadekar, were among the many who expressed grief over her death.
Kamla, who married lK Advani in 1965, was a social worker and had worked at General Post Office.