New Delhi: Former Mizoram Governor and late BJP veteran Sushma Swaraj's husband, Swaraj Kaushal, passed away on Thursday at the age of 73. The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) posted on ‘X’, informing that his last rites will be performed at 4:30 p.m. today at the Lodhi Road burial ground.
BJP Delhi took to X and said, "The Member of Parliament and State Minister Sushri Bansuri Swaraj ji's father, Shri Swaraj Kaushal ji, passed away today on 4 December 2025. His last rites will be performed today on 4 December 2025, at 4:30 PM at Lodhi Road Cremation Ground."
Who was Swaraj Kaushal?
Swaraj Kaushal was born on 12 July 1952. He was one of the most senior lawyers in the Supreme Court. He studied at Delhi University and Punjab University, respectively.
After this, he began practising law. He was designated a senior advocate by the Supreme Court of India at the age of 34. He served as the Governor of Mizoram at the age of 37, with his term running from 1990 to 1993.
Kaushal was a Rajya Sabha MP between 1998 and 2004 from the Haryana Vikas Party.
He married Sushma Swaraj, the late BJP veteran and former External Affairs Minister. Sushma Swaraj passed away after a cardiac arrest at AIIMS Delhi on 6 August 2019. The couple is survived by their daughter, Bansuri Swaraj, who is a BJP MP from the New Delhi constituency.
