Rahul Gandhi writes a letter to Sushma Swaraj's husband Swaraj Kaushal

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi expresses his condolences to family members of former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj at her residence in New Delhi. Pic/PTI

New Delhi: After the demise of former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday wrote a letter to Swaraj Kaushal, her husband condoling the demise of the BJP stalwart. Gandhi opined that with Swaraj's demise, the nation has lost an extraordinary Parliamentarian and a gifted orator.

"I am deeply saddened by the untimely demise of your wife Sushma Swarajji. We have lost an extraordinary Parliamentarian and a gifted orator," Gandhi said. "In her stint as the External Affairs Minister, her responsiveness and compassion for people in need, won her the respect of people around the world. Even her personal ailments did not diminish her public-spiritedness. You and your daughter Bansuri are in my thoughts and prayers in this difficult time. Sushmaji's legacy will live on and continue to touch the lives of millions of Indians. I wish you peace and courage in this hour of grief, the letter read.

Swaraj breathed her last on Tuesday night at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after suffering a cardiac arrest. She is survived by husband Swaraj Kaushal and daughter Bansuri.

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The 67-year-old was feeling restless at 9 pm and she was brought to the hospital at around 9:30 pm in an ambulance, according to sources at AIIMS. The former minister of External Affairs was declared dead at 10:50 pm. Swaraj was the foreign minister in the first term of the Modi government in 2014. She opted out of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections citing ill health.

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