Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit’s last rites will be performed on Sunday afternoon. The veteran Congress leader died on Saturday in a New Delhi hospital at the age of 81 will be accorded a state funeral. “Her last rites will be performed at 2.30 pm at Nigam Bodh Ghat crematorium.” Delhi Congress said. Nigam Bodh Ghat is Delhi’s oldest cremation ground. Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia took to Twitter to announce that the Delhi government has declared a two-day state mourning for the Congress leader.

Source: Hindustan Times July 21, 2019 03:22 UTC