Sheila Dikshit News
Opinion | How Sheila Dikshit rolled out the world’s biggest clean air project
Dikshit’s biggest contribution to Delhi—the one by which her successors are and will forever be judged—was in rolling out what is arguably the biggest government-sponsored green movement in history
5 min read25 Jul 2019With moist eyes, Delhi bids adieu to Sheila Dikshit with state honours
Congress workers and admirers braved heavy rains and gusty winds to bid her final farewellTop Congress leaders, including UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, were present at the funeral
2 min read21 Jul 2019Sheila Dikshit’s last journey begins; mortal remains taken to Cong headquarters
Congress workers jostled to have a glimpse of their leader as the body was brought in a glass casket from her Nizaumuddin residence to the party headquartersEarlier in the day, BJP patriarch L K Advani and former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj visited Dikshit’s residence and paid homage
1 min read21 Jul 2019Delhi govt declares two-day mourning for Sheila Dikshit
Three-term chief minister Sheila Dikshit passed away on Saturday afternoon after suffering a cardiac arrest. She was 81She will be accorded a state funeral
1 min read20 Jul 2019Sheila Dikshit: The affable politician who gave Delhi its modern look
Sheila Dikshit was handpicked by Rajiv Gandhi to be part of his council of ministers after he became the Prime Minister in 1984Dikshit was Delhi’s longest-serving woman chief minister, who ruled the city state for three consecutive terms, from 1998 to 2013
3 min read20 Jul 2019PM Modi, Prez Kovind, Rahul Gandhi, other leaders condole Sheila Dikshit’s death
Sheila Dikshit had undergone heart surgery in France last yearShe had undergone angioplasty in November 2012 and was also treated for infection some time ago
3 min read20 Jul 2019Former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit dead
Sheila Dikshit was admitted to Fortis Escorts Heart Institute on Saturday morning in a critical state due to a cardiac problemDikshit was the chief minister of Delhi for 15 years and possibly one of the longest-serving chief ministers of the Congress
2 min read20 Jul 2019Sheila Dikshit meets Kejriwal, demands six-month waiver for power consumers
A Congress party delegation led by Dikshit met the chief minister at his Flagstaff Road residenceThe delegation also discussed problems of ’contaminated’ and ’scarce’ supply of water during the meeting
3 min read12 Jun 2019Elections 2019: Congress returns to veterans to regain ground
The Congress does not hold even one of the 70 assembly seats or the seven parliamentary constituenciesThis time, the party has brought back veterans such as the 81-year-old Dikshit to shore up its fortunes
3 min read8 May 2019Congress to contest all 7 Lok Sabha seats in Delhi: Sheila Dikshit
Sheila Dikshit says party candidates will be a mix of old and new faces as well former MLAsThe process of selecting ’winnable’ candidates has started, Sheila Dikshit says
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