Senior BJP leader, former Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj no more
Former External Affairs Minister of India Sushma Swaraj pictured in Kathmandu, Nepal February 1, 2018. Photo: Reuters/File
KATHMANDU: Senior leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and former External Affairs Minister of India Sushma Swaraj has passed away. According to initial reports, Swaraj suffered a cardiac arrest.
The senior BJP leader was rushed to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in a critical condition late on Tuesday night, according to ANI news. She was 67.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and other Union Ministers have reached the hospital premises.
Meanwhile, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a tweet has stated that Swaraj’s demise is a personal loss and that she will be remembered fondly for everything that she’s done for India.
A glorious chapter in Indian politics comes to an end. India grieves the demise of a remarkable leader who devoted her life to public service and bettering lives of the poor. Sushma Swaraj Ji was one of her kind, who was a source of inspiration for crores of people.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 6, 2019
Sushma Ji’s demise is a personal loss. She will be remembered fondly for everything that she’s done for India. My thoughts are with her family, supporters and admirers in this very unfortunate hour. Om Shanti.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 6, 2019
Hours before her death, she had posted a tweet praising the Indian Prime Minister, supposedly for the recent ‘Kashmir-move’.
Her final tweet:
प्रधान मंत्री जी – आपका हार्दिक अभिनन्दन. मैं अपने जीवन में इस दिन को देखने की प्रतीक्षा कर रही थी. @narendramodi ji – Thank you Prime Minister. Thank you very much. I was waiting to see this day in my lifetime.
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) August 6, 2019
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