Published 00:19 IST, August 7th 2019

Sushma Swaraj Passes Away: Lata Mangeshkar, Anushka Sharma, Arjun Kapoor & other Bollywood stars pay respects

Bollywood industry came forward to pay their last respects to the senior BJP leader

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Sushma Swaraj Passes Away: Lata Mangeshkar, Anushka Sharma, Arjun Kapoor & other Bollywood stars pay respects

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Former External Affairs Minister and senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj passed away on Tuesday night. She was 67.

The senior BJP leader was brought to AIIMS around 9:30pm and was straight away taken to the emergency ward. Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan had accompanied her in the hospital. AIIMS doctors said she died of a cardiac arrest.

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Bollywood celebrities including Lata Mangeshkar, Sanjay Dutt, Ayushmann Khurrana, Arjun Kapoor, Swara Bhasker, Parineeti Chopra, Riteish Deshmukh, Ekta Kapoor and many others condoled the death of former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

Deeply shocked and saddened to hear about Sushma Swaraj ji’s sudden demise.
A graceful and honest leader, a sensitive and selfless soul, a keen understanding of music and poetry and a dear friend. Our former external minister will be remembered fondly.
— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) August 6, 2019

Saddened to hear about the sudden demise of Sushma Swaraj ji . May her soul rest in peace 🙏
— Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) August 6, 2019

सुषमा जी प्रणाम । मन बहुत दुखी है , आप थाती है इस देश की। अश्रुपूर्ण विदाई।
— पंकज त्रिपाठी (@TripathiiPankaj) August 6, 2019

India has lost its extraordinary leader, minister and personality.. May God bless her soul 🙏 #SushmaSwaraj
— Arjun Kapoor (@arjunk26) August 6, 2019

RIP #SushmaSwaraj ji. She epitomised dignity, commitment to democratic norms, grace in politics. A brilliant parliamentarian, a fine bilingual orator, a humane foreign minister- she was inspiring. I differed with her ideology, but greatly admired her resolve & work ethic. 🙏🏿🙏🏿
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) August 6, 2019

A tall leader and a doer #sushmaswaraj .. never met her but feel saddened by her passing away .. an end of a chapter where Indians across the world felt there is someone looking after them .. #RIPSushmaswaraj .. Om Shanti 🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/5IQiRh6DOj
— Randeep Hooda (@RandeepHooda) August 6, 2019

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.

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She declined to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Sushma Swaraj is survived by her husband Swaraj Kaushal and daughter Bansuri.

Updated 00:35 IST, August 7th 2019

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