Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit passes away aged 81
Former Delhi Chief Minister and veteran Congress leader Sheila Dikshit has died at the age of 81. She was unwell for several months.
She had recently appointed three new spokespersons. Dikshit had served Delhi as chief minister for three terms until she lost to Aam Aadmi Party in 2013. She was later projected as the party's face in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls in 2017, but the Congress later unceremoniously removed her by forming an alliance with the Samajwadi Party.