Face of Nation : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind, Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati paid tributes to Sushma Swaraj, former foreign minister and BJP veteran, who died last night. Sushma Swaraj will be cremated with state honors this afternoon. Her body will be kept at the BJP headquarters in Delhi from 12 pm – 3 pm for people to pay respects today after which it will be taken to Lodhi Crematorium for the last rites. Sushma Swaraj, death on Tuesday left the nation in grief, was one of the most respected leaders of the ruling BJP and will perhaps be best remembered for her tenure as External Affairs Minister till earlier this year. She died at Delhi’s AIIMS hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest. She was 67. Sushma Swaraj sudden death shocked the nation, where millions adored her for her swift response to distress calls on Twitter from Indians in any corner of the world. Describing her death as a “personal loss”.
