HP guv, CM pay their tributes to Sushma Swaraj Shimla, Aug 7 (PTI) H'

Himachal Pradesh Governor Kalraj Mishra and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur paid their final respects to former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Wednesday. The veteran leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who breathed her last at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on Tuesday night following a massive cardiac arrest, was 67.

The governor said that her demise is a personal loss. “She was an excellent administrator and set high standards in every ministry she handled,” he added. Thakur said Swaraj's demise was an end of a glorious chapter in Indian politics.

HP Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rajiv Bindal, state cabinet ministers Mahender Singh, Suresh Bhardwaj, Sarveen Chaudhary, Ram Lal Markanda, Vipin Singh Parmar, Virender Kanwar, Bikram Singh, Govind Singh and Rajiv Saizal also expressed grief over her demise.