Sheila Dikshit has been Chief Minister of Delhi for 15 years between 1998 and 2013. In the national capital, she was made the president of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee a few months back.
New Delhi| Former Delhi Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Sheila Dikshit passed away on Saturday. Her funeral will be conducted today at 2.30 pm at Nigam Bodh Ghat, on the banks of the Yamuna. Her body will be kept at her house for visitors to pay last tributes till 11.30 in the morning. After this, her body will be taken to the Congress headquarters at 12 o’clock, where she will be paid tribute by the party workers and leaders.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Sheila Dikshit on Saturday. He took it to twitter to express his condolences.
Deeply saddened by the demise of Sheila Dikshit Ji. Blessed with a warm and affable personality, she made a noteworthy contribution to Delhi’s development. Condolences to her family and supporters. Om Shanti. pic.twitter.com/jERrvJlQ4X
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 20, 2019
Prime Minister Modi arrived at the house of Sheila Dikshit with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah also paid homage.
On Saturday at 3.55, she breathed her last:
Dikshit was the longest-serving Chief Minister of Delhi for a period of 15 years from 1998 to 2013. She was also the Governor of Kerala from March 2014 to August 2014. Informing about her demise Dr. Ashok Seth, Director, Escorts Fortis said,” Sheila Dikshit was managed well by a team of doctors. At 3:15 pm she again suffered a cardiac arrest. She was put on the ventilator and at 3:55 pm she passed away peacefully.”
Sheila has been Chief Minister of Delhi for 15 years between 1998 and 2013. In the national capital, she was made the president of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee a few months back to re-establish the party.
MP of Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh from 1984 to 1989
Sheila Dikshit began her political carrier with the Congress party and got elected to the Lok Sabha from Uttar Pradesh Kannauj constituency from 1984- 1989. She also served as a Union Minister during 1986–1989, first as the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and later as a Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office in the Rajiv Gandhi cabinet.
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