‘Beyond aggrieved’: Sports fraternity pays tributes to Sushma Swaraj

Swaraj, who was India’s first full-time woman foreign minister (Indira Gandhi held additional charge of the ministry when she was prime minister) suffered the cardiac arrest late in the evening.

Senior BJP leader and former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj passed away on Tuesday and the sports fraternity offered their condolences to the demised soul. Swaraj, who was India’s first full-time woman foreign minister (Indira Gandhi held additional charge of the ministry when she was prime minister) suffered the cardiac arrest late in the evening and was immediately taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). She died after efforts to revive her failed.

File image of Sushma Swaraj (AP)

Tributes poured in as cricketers took to Twitter to post their condolence messages.