Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit’s last rites will be performed on Sunday afternoon. The veteran Congress leader died on Saturday in a New Delhi hospital at the age of 81 will be accorded a state funeral.
Her body will be taken from her residence in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area to the Congress headquarters Sunday noon. It will be kept at the party headquarters between 12:15 pm and 1:30 pm for people to pay their final respects before her last rites Sunday afternoon at Nigam Bodh ghat.
“Her last rites will be performed at 2.30 pm at Nigam Bodh Ghat crematorium.” Delhi Congress said. Nigam Bodh Ghat is Delhi’s oldest cremation ground.
Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit’s last rites will be performed on Sunday afternoon. The veteran Congress leader died on Saturday in a New Delhi hospital at the age of 81 will be accorded a state funeral.
Her body will be taken from her residence in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area to the Congress headquarters Sunday noon. It will be kept at the party headquarters between 12:15 pm and 1:30 pm for people to pay their final respects before her last rites Sunday afternoon at Nigam Bodh ghat.
“Her last rites will be performed at 2.30 pm at Nigam Bodh Ghat crematorium.” Delhi Congress said. Nigam Bodh Ghat is Delhi’s oldest cremation ground.