China deeply mourns for the passing of Madam Sushma Swaraj and expresses sincere condolences to her family, Hua said
As the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha during 2009-14, Swaraj was involved in some memorable verbal duels with Singh, as both leaders drew upon verses and wit to take on each other
Lamenting the leader's death, Prada said that the country has lost a great and remarkable politician
Bhutan's Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, several leaders from the NDA as well the opposition, were also present
With her demise, the country has "lost a seasoned politician who set pinnacles in her chosen career", he said
The former External Affairs Minister was instrumental in getting the woman back to India. Swaraj had been a guardian figure to the woman who has not been able to find her family so far
BJP MLC N Ramachander Rao, for whom Swaraj had campaigned in the recent Lok Sabha polls, said the departed leader came to be regarded as Chinnamma' next only to Telangana Thalli (Telangana mother)
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She started her political life with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the RSS' student wing, and later joined the BJP
A pall of gloom descended at the hospital as the news of her death left everyone in shock
Just hours before her demise, BJP stalwart Sushma Swaraj Tuesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the government revoked the special status for Jammu and Kashmir, saying "I was waiting to see this day in my lifetime". Taking to Twitter in the evening, Swaraj said: "@narendramodi ji - Thank you Prime Minister. Thank you very much. I was waiting to see this day in my lifetime." This last tweet of Swaraj and the words used by her left scores of her supporters and admirers in shock and grief. This was her second tweet in as many days lauding the government over the move to revoke special status for Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcate the border state into two Union territories. "I congratulate the Home Minister Shri @AmitShah ji for his outstanding performance in Rajya Sabha," she tweeted on Monday after the bills on J&K were passed in the Upper House.
Swaraj was born in Haryana in 1952 to a family that had no capital invested in politics. She plunged into political life during the Emergency when as a student leader
Modi said Swaraj was one of her kind, who was a source of inspiration for crores of people
Three-time chief minister and veteran Congress leader Sheila Dikshit passed away in July this year due to cardiac arrest
BJP working president J P Nadda said Swaraj was an example of an ideal personality, be as an opposition leader or as external affairs minister
Swaraj had tweeted earlier in the day thanking Prime Minister Modi and saying that she wanted to see Article 370 provisions scrapped in her lifetime
Hospital sources said she was brought to AIIMS at 10:20pm and was straight away taken to the emergency ward
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