Former Delhi CM and veteran congress leader Sheila Dikshit passes away at 81

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, July 20, 2019: Senior Congress leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit died on Saturday at the age of 81 years, news agency ANI reported.

 

Further details are awaited.

Dikshit, a veteran politician, was the Delhi party chief during the Lok Sabha elections.

Recently, differences between Dikshit and All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of the national capital, PC Chacko, came to the fore when the former had dissolved all 280 block-level committees of the party and a day later, Chacko overturned the decision.

Courtesy: news18.com