Sheila Dikshit, 3-Time Delhi Chief Minister, Passes Away At 81

Senior Congress leader and former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit passed away at the Escorts Hospital here on Saturday. She was 83. "Dikshit died at Escorts Hospital here," Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Jitender Kumar Kochar said.

She was admitted to Escorts hospital a few days ago. She breathed her last around 3.55 p.m. Dixit served as the chief minister of Delhi for a period of 15 years from 1998 to 2013 and was unwell for some time.