Sushma Swaraj Passes Away: Sania Mirza says 'Will cherish my personal relationship with her forever'

Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj passed away on Tuesday night at the age of 67. The veteran leader's untimely demise has left everyone shocked and the people are coming forward to offer their condolences to the former Delhi Chief Minister. At the same time, tributes are also pouring in from the sporting fraternity. 

Sania Mirza pays her last respect to Sushma Swaraj

Tennis icon Sania Mirza came forward to pay her last respect to the senior BJP leader. Mirza took to Twitter and wrote that she was at the passing away of her dear Sushma Swaraj Ji. She then added that she had the honour of working as the brand ambassador of the 'girl child' campaign under the late politician's guidance. The Tennis star then concluded by saying that she will cherish her personal relationship with Sushma Swaraj forever.

Read Sania Mirza's tweet here:

Sushma Swaraj passed away at the AIIMS Hospital in Delhi on Tuesday. She had been taken to the hospital at 8.45 PM after suffering from a cardiac arrest. 

Moments before her death, she had expressed her delight over the successful passage of the bill to revoke Article 370 in the Parliament. 

In what was her last tweet, she had thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and had also written that she was waiting to see this day in her lifetime.

Read the tweet here:

Here's all you need to know about Sushma Swaraj

Born in Ambala cantonment in what is now Haryana on February 14, 1954, Sushma Swaraj majored in Sanskrit and Political science at the Sanatan Dharma College in the Ambala Cantonment, before studying law at the Punjab University.

She started practicing law as an advocate at the Supreme Court of India in 1973, and in the same decade, also joined the ABVP.

She participated in Jayprakash Narayan's movement during the Emergency and subsequent to that, joined the newly founded BJP.

In a pathbreaking political career, she served as the Chief Minister of Delhi, and then, in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government, as a union minister in multiple ministries. 

In the Modi government, she was appointed as the External Affairs Minister - a portfolio she redefined owing to her hands-on approach wherein she would often respond to citizens'queries on Twitter.

She declined to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.