Former EAM and senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj passes away

New Delhi, August 06 :

Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj passed away on Tuesday night . She was 67.

The senior BJP leader was brought to New Delhi’s AIIMS at 10:15 PM and was straight away taken to the emergency ward following a deterioration in her health.

She had a kidney transplant in 2016 and had opted out of contesting Lok Sabha polls earlier this year for health reasons..

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan was  accompanying Swaraj in the hospital.

Earlier today, Swaraj welcomed the revoking of Article 370 and 35A and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this move.

“Thank you Prime Minister. Thank you very much. I was waiting to see this day in my lifetime,” Swaraj had tweeted.

The senior BJP leader had opted out of contesting in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections citing ill health.