Ratan Tata, Raj Babbar visit Pramod Mahajan

Mumbai, Apr 26 (UNI) Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata today visited Hindjua hospital to know the well-being of BJP general secretary Pramod Mahajan, who is battling for life since Saturday when he was grievously wounded in gunfire allegedly by his younger brother Pravin.

While leaving the hospital, he briefly said he had come to pay a visit to Mr Mahajan whom, he said, he had always respected. ''I was in Singapore when the incident occurred and, hence, could not come early. I have come now to know his well-being,''Mr Tata added.

Earlier, BJP president Rajnath Singh, after his visit to the hospital this evening, said ''Mr Mahajan showed some slight movement and I am confident of his recovery.'' ''I have come to enquire about his health... I am confident of his recovery and return to active politics,'' Mr Singh reiterated during his brief interface with the media.

Actor-turned-politician Raj Babbar, Maharashtra Ministers - Chhagan Bhujbal, P Mohite-Patil, Vimal Mundra and Harshvardhan Patil and Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi were promiment among the political visitors, while actor Urmila Matondkar and fashion designer Manish Malhotra represented the glam world.

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