Dikshit's last rites today at Nigambodh ghat

July 21, 2019 10:05

Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit's last rites will be performed today.

The three-time Delhi chief minister and senior Congress leader passed away on Saturday afternoon at a private hospital in New Delhi after suffering a cardiac arrest.

She was 81.

Her body has been kept at her Nizamuddin East residence, where several leaders from Congress and opposition parties, visited to pay their last respects.

The last rites would be performed at the Nigambodh ghat.

The Delhi government has declared a two-day state mourning for Sheila Dikshit's death, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia tweeted.

Condolences have poured in for the veteran Congress leader from across the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted their condolences.

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