Sushma Swaraj Demise: LS Speaker Om Birla Pays Tribute

Former External Affairs Minister and senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj passed away on Tuesday night here at AIIMS. She was 67. Hospital said Sushma was brought to AIIMS at 10:20 pm and was straight away taken to the emergency ward. "Former Union Minister Sushma Swaraj has passed away. She suffered a cardiac arrest. Was administered CPR but did not respond," the hospital said in a statement. AIIMS doctors said she died of a cardiac arrest.