Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Cremated With Full State Honours

Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Cremated With Full State Honours

NEW DELHI The last rites of former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj were held at the Dayanand crematorium on Lodhi Road here with full State honours.

Amid heavy deployment of NSG and Black Cats commandos, and hundreds of armed Delhi Police personnel, the mortal remains of former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj were brought to the crematorium.

In a deeply saddened incident, former external affairs minister and senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj passed away on Tuesday at AIIMS in New Delhi. The veteran BJP leader suffered a major heart attack, died at the age of 67.

Sushma Swaraj’s husband and other family members, along with BJP leaders Dr Harshvardhan and Nitin Gadkari are present at AIIMS.

It is to be noted that she was one of the star ministers during Modi government’s first stint, Sushma Swaraj did not contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and chose to sit out of the government this year on account of her health.

Her last Twitter post was about thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the government’s move on Kashmir stating that she was waiting for this day in her lifetime.

Her body was kept at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in the heart of the capital for the public to pay homage.

The sudden demise of Indian political giant Sushma Swaraj has not only appeared as a major shock to the politicians and the masses of the people, but the celebrities of Hindi film industry have also expressed their shock and grief over the loss. Right from Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Rishi Kapoor, Karan Johar, Anil Kapoor to Yami Gautam, Ayushmann Khurrana, Sanjay Dutt, Vivek Oberoi, Arjun Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Riteish Deshmukh, Parineeti Chopra and an N number of celebrities have tweeted their condolences at Swaraj’s death.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Bhutan’s Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, BJP stalwart LK Advani, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah and senior leaders of other parties were attending the funeral. (IANS)

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