New Delhi: Three-time Delhi Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Sheila Dikshit died on Saturday in New Delhi. Dikshit, 81, was the longest-serving Chief Minister of Delhi, having served in office for 15 years from 1998.
Apart from being a chief minister, Dikshit served as a union minister, a governor and handled organisational responsibilities in Congress.
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# Honouring her wish, the cremation of Congress’ stalwart Sheila Dikshit will be done using the CNG method at the city’s oldest cremation ground, Nigambodh Ghat, on Sunday at 2.30pm.
# Her mortal remains have been kept at her Nizamuddin East residence, where several leaders from Congress and opposition parties, visited to pay their last respects and the last rites would be performed today at the Nigambodh ghat, Delhi Congress informed.
#Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel said that her mortal remains will be taken to the All India Congress Committee office for paying last respects on Sunday morning. After this, the last rites will take place at Nigambodh Ghat at 2:30 pm.
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