Aug 07, 2019 10:29 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com
Highlights: Sushma Swaraj cremated with full state honours, India in mourning
Live updates: Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj passed away in Delhi last night; will be cremated with state honours today
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Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who passed away late on the night of August 6, was one of the most accessible politicians, literally a tweet away.
Sushma Swaraj made a lasting impression among the Lankan public: PM Wickremesinghe Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday expressed sorrow at the demise of former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, saying that her efforts to achieve regional policy objectives made a lasting impression among the Lankan public. In a condolence message sent to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said, "I have always known Mrs Swaraj as a true friend of Sri Lanka, a neighbour and a relative of Sri Lanka who held a pleasing personality," Wickremesinghe said that Swaraj's focus on the bilateral relationship while keeping an interest on achieving regional policy objectives made a lasting impression among the Lankan public. During her tenure as the Indian foreign minister, the level of friendship between the two countries achieved greater heights, he said
Update: Last rites conclude. Sushma Swaraj cremated with full state honours.
Update: Full state honours being bestowed on former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who passed away last night after suffering a major heart attack.
Update: Mortal remains of former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj taken for last rites, as political leaders pay their last respects at Lodhi crematorium in New Delhi.
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal laid the wreath on the mortal remains of Sushma Swaraj. Swaraj was also the chief minister of Delhi for a brief period in the year 1998.