The city was jolted out of a quiet Saturday afternoon by the sudden death of former three-term chief minister Sheila Dikshit, who successfully shed the “outsider” tag to dominate Delhi’s politics by overshadowing established BJP and Congress stalwarts and giving the city a modern look. Though she had a heart
condition that required increasing attention, the end took her family and citizens by surprise as doctors at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute worked frantically to revive her after she was brought in with a cardiac arrest. She was declared dead at 3.55pm and political leaders of all hues began offering handsome and unstinted tributes.

The city was jolted out of a quiet Saturday afternoon by the sudden death of former three-term chief minister Sheila Dikshit, who successfully shed the “outsider” tag to dominate Delhi’s politics by overshadowing established BJP and Congress stalwarts and giving the city a modern look. Though she had a heart
condition that required increasing attention, the end took her family and citizens by surprise as doctors at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute worked frantically to revive her after she was brought in with a cardiac arrest. She was declared dead at 3.55pm and political leaders of all hues began offering handsome and unstinted tributes.