Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit passes away, confirms Delhi Congress; she was 81 years old.
She was put on ventilator on Friday after being admitted to the Fortis Hospital in the capital.
Dikshit was a patient of cardiac arrhythmia – which is irregular heartbeats.
She was the Delhi Chief Minister for 15 years, thus becoming Delhi’s longest serving CM.
Dikshit had underwent a heart surgery in France last year and was seeking treatment at Fortis Escorts hospital under the supervision of Dr Ashok Seth, chairman of Fortis Escorts Heart institute.