HIGHLIGHTS: Former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit Passes Away, Delhi Govt Declares 2-Day State Mourning

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NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader and three-time Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit passed away Saturday afternoon at a private hospital here, her family and the party said. She was 81. Dikshit breathed her last at 3.55 pm at Fortis Escorts hospital. She 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 was brought to the hospital 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.

21:54 PM (IST)  •  20 Jul 2019

Sandeep Dikshit, son of former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit: My mother passed away, it's natural that I'll m… https://t.co/hSbenkczzq

21:54 PM (IST)  •  20 Jul 2019

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.

21:53 PM (IST)  •  20 Jul 2019

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19:49 PM (IST)  •  20 Jul 2019

I am saddened and shocked at the passing away of Smt Sheila Dikshit. A former Union Minister, 3 time CM and Governo… https://t.co/bdsDZfESTE

19:49 PM (IST)  •  20 Jul 2019

Former president Pranab Mukherjee wote- I am saddened and shocked at the passing away of Smt Sheila Dikshit. A former Union Minister, 3 time CM and Governor, in her death I have lost a long time friend and colleague. My thoughts are with her aggrieved family and friends.