The former Delhi chief minister and senior Congress leader Sheila Dikshit, passed away in the national capital on Saturday. She was 81. According to sources, Sheila Dikshit passed away at a private hospital in Delhi at around 3:30 pm today. She was admitted at 10:30 am in the morning.

Dikshit has been the longest-serving chief minister of Delhi. She suffered from cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heart beat) and had to be immediately put on to ventilator today. She reportedly faced another cardiac arrest at 3:15 pm

She had been a powerful administrator and a leader who had governed Delhi thrice since 1998. She also had a record of leading her party to three consecutive victories in New Delhi constituency in the Legislative Assembly of Delhi.