Thank you prime minister. I was waiting to see this day tweeted Sushma before passing away

The former external affairs minister not keeping well for quite some time and a few months back recovered from kidney transplant today suffered a massive cardiac arrest at AIIMS and is no more. Swaraj 67 was admitted at the Cardiac Ward of AIIMS a few hours ago in the evening after suffering a heart attack. She passed away on the night of Tuesday at AIIMS.

Three hours ago before her death, Swaraj had tweeted praising and congratulating prime minister Narendra Modi for repealing article 370 in Kashmir and giving Ladakh and J& K the union territory status.

She tweeted in Hindi as well as in English: Pradhan mantri ji – Aapka hardik abhinandan hai. Mai apne jeewan mein is dun ko dekhne ki pratiksha kar rahi thee.

@narendramodi ji: Thank you Prime Minister. Thank you very much. I was waiting to see this day in my lifetime.

At the time of her demise Swaraj’s husband, former Governor of a state of North East, her family members and two of ministers in Modi cabinet Nitin Gadkari and Harsh Vardhan were also present at AIIMS.

Sushma Swaraj started her political career from Haryana decades ago. She had been the MLA and minister in Haryana government during the eighties but later on joined the Bhartiya Janata Party. Earlier she had been in the Socialist party with George Fernandez prior to joining the BJP.

A dashing leader and an outspoken orator Sushma Swaraj was an eminent parliamentarian and a dashing voice of the women and BJP.

She was considered to be the troubleshooter leader of BJP who as Indian external affairs minister during Modi’s regime had played a vital role in evacuating safely the trouble Indians living overseas and bringing them back to India during the gulf war, the crisis in Iraq and in the middle east. Sushma Swaraj served as a successful External Affairs minister during the UPA 1 rule under prime minister Narendra Modi but was in abnormal health condition after her kidney transplant abroad.

She was not keeping good health and had, therefore, requested the prime minister Modi not to give her any ministerial berth in his new cabinet in UPA 2. She has conveyed her message in this regard through a tweet by thanking PM. Narendra Modi for giving her the opportunity for five years to serve in his cabinet.

In her tweet, Sushma Swaraj said: Prime minister you gave me an opportunity to serve our countrymen and overseas Indians as a foreign minister for five years.

I am grateful to you. I pray to God that our government becomes very successful. Sushma Swaraj as an MEA had been quite supportive in resolving VISA and Paas Port issues and had always promptly acted on complaints lodged on her twitter handle of the nonresident Indians, Indians working abroad and domestically as well.

Prime minister Narendra Modi has expressed his grief and shock over her sad demise and lauded her immense contribution to the country and the society by tweeting four times.

Tweet Number 1:

Sushmaji’s demise is a personal loss. She will be remembered fondly for everything she’s done for India. My thoughts are with her family, supporters, and admirers in this very unfortunate hour. Om Shanti.

Tweet 2: Sushmaji was a prolific orator and an outstanding parliamentarian. She was admired and revered across the party line. She was uncompromising when it came to ideology and party interests of BJP, whose growth she immensely contributed to.

Tweet 3: I cannot forget the manner in which Sushmaji worked so tirelessly as EAM in the last five years. Even when her health was not good she would do everything possible to do justice to her work and remain up to date with matters of her ministry. The spirit and commitment were unparalleled.

Tweet number 4: An excellent administrator. Sushmaji set high standards in every ministry she handled. She played a key role in bettering India’s ties with various nations. As a minister we also saw her compassionate side, helping fellow Indians who were in distress in any part of the world.