Sushma Swaraj passes away: Indian cricketers condole loss of 'Iron Lady', say she will be remembered for a long time

Indian cricketers condoled the sudden demise of former External Affairs Minister and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj after she suffered a cardiac arrest late in the evening of 6 August in New Delhi. 

Indian cricketers pay their tributes to the Iron Lady

Indian opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan, who hails from Delhi, took to Twitter to condole the death of the 'Iron Lady of India' and offered his prayers to the departed soul.

Team India's wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant recollected late Sushma Swaraj as a strong leader and a good human being and said that she will always be remembered by the nation for her services.   

Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took to Twitter to condole the death of the former External Affairs Minister and said that she will be remembered for a long time for her valuable services to the nation. 

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Former EAM Sushma Swaraj's biography

Sushma Swaraj, before joining politics, practiced law as an advocate at the Supreme Court of India in 1973, following which she joined the ABVP. Later, she went on to participate in Jayprakash Narayan's movement during the Emergency, after which she joined the newly founded BJP. In her path-breaking political career, Swaraj served as the Chief Minister of Delhi, and then, in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government, as a union minister in multiple ministries. In the first Modi government, she was appointed as the External Affairs Minister - a portfolio she redefined owing to her hands-on approach wherein she would often respond to citizens'queries on Twitter. She declined to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

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