Actress Sharmila Tagore pays respects to former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit
Delhi: Actress Sharmila Tagore pays respects to former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at the latter's residence in Nizamuddin. Dikshit, 81, passed away due to cardiac arrest, earlier today. pic.twitter.com/zCMGrfOBAK
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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pays respects to veteran Congress leader Sheila Dikshit
Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lays wreath & pays respects to former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at the latter's residence in Nizamuddin. Dikshit, 81, passed away due to cardiac arrest, earlier today. pic.twitter.com/N1Vra29yUc
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Inspite of being a politician, Sheila Dikshit gave prime importance to human sentiments: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
आदरणीय श्रीमती शीला दीक्षित जी ममतत्व की प्रतिमूर्ति थी| उन्होंने एक राजनेता होते हुये भी मानवीय संवेदनाओं को सर्वोपरि रखा| देश उन्हें ममतत्वपूर्ण विकास के लिए हमेशा याद रखेगा|#SheilaDixitJi #SheilaDikshit @LokSabhaSectt pic.twitter.com/n7VurJU0Jh
— Lok Sabha Speaker (@loksabhaspeaker) July 20, 2019
Former President Pranab Mukherjee pays tribute to veteran Congress leader Sheila Dikshit
Delhi: Former President Pranab Mukherjee pays tribute to former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who passed away today, due to cardiac arrest. pic.twitter.com/DGwf4KCgbF
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pays tribute to former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit
Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pays tribute to former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who passed away today, due to cardiac arrest. pic.twitter.com/CcfGLpZpts
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia pay tribute to veteran Congress leader Sheila Dikshit
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal & Deputy CM Manish Sisodia pay tribute to Sheila Dikshit, who passed away today, due to cardiac arrest. pic.twitter.com/4Pu5DHQR7r
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Deeply saddened by the demise of former Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit : Najma Heptulla
Deeply saddened by the demise of former Chief Minister of Delhi #SheilaDikshit Ji. Condolences to her family and friends.
— Najma Heptulla (@nheptulla) July 20, 2019
Whenever people will talk of a developing Delhi, her name will be remembered: Sandeep Dikshit, son of ex-Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit
Sandeep Dikshit, son of former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit: My mother passed away, it's natural that I'll miss her. The pain of losing a mother cannot be erased. Whenever, people will talk of a developed & growing Delhi, Sheila ji's name will be remembered. pic.twitter.com/hEl9DJiDne
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BJP Delhi President Manoj Tiwari pays tribute to veteran Congress leader Sheila Dikshit
BJP MP & BJP Delhi President, Manoj Tiwari pays tribute to former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit who passed away today, due to a cardiac arrest. pic.twitter.com/Tg0affJdMx
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Sheila Dikshit passes away; news updates: "I knew her (Sheila Dikshit) even before she entered politics, it's a great loss to the nation, they have lost an able administrator and a fine leader," former President Pranab Mukherjee told ANI.
Senior Congress leader and three-time former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit passed away on Saturday afternoon at a private hospital in New Delhi after suffering a cardiac arrest, doctors said. She was 81.
Dikshit breathed her last at 3.55 pm at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute. She was brought to the hospital on Saturday morning in a "critical condition with cardiac arrest", a Fortis Escorts statement said.
"A multi-disciplinary team of doctors, led by Dr Ashok Seth, Chairman, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, carried out the advanced resuscitative measures. Her condition stabilised temporarily. However, she had another cardiac arrest and despite all the resuscitative efforts, passed away at 3:55pm on July 20, 2019," it said.
The Delhi unit of the Congress said that her body has been kept at her Nizamuddin East residence and the last rites would be performed on Sunday at the Nigambodh ghat.
Dikshit was president of Delhi Congress. She served as Delhi's chief minister for 15 years from 1998-2013 and also served as the governor of Kerala.
She unsuccessfully fought the recent Lok Sabha elections from the North-East Delhi constituency. She represented New Delhi constituency in Delhi Vidhan Sabha. Dikshit became an MP for the first time from Kannauj Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh in 1984. She was also a close associate of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and a minister in his cabinet.
President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal were among those who condoled her death.
Kovind said Dikshit's term in office was a period of momentous transformation for the capital for which she will be remembered. Naidu termed her a good administrator.
Condoling the demise of Dikshit, Modi said she made a noteworthy contribution to Delhi's development. "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," he tweeted.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said he was devastated to hear the news. He called her a "beloved daughter of the Congress Party, with whom I shared a close personal bond". He said she served "selflessly as a three-term chief minister".
Kejriwal said Dikshit's death is a huge loss for Delhi and her contribution will always be remembered. Former prime minister Manmohan Singh said the country has lost a dedicated Congress leader of the masses.
With inputs from agencies
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