Sheila Dikshit’s last rites today

PTI, Jul 21, 2019, 12:37 PM IST

New Delhi: Three-time Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit’s last rites will be performed on Sunday afternoon at Nigam Bodh Ghat, which is Delhi’s oldest cremation ground where she will be accorded a state funeral.

Dikshit breathed her last on Saturday afternoon at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute.

Her body will be taken from her Nizamuddin residence to Congress headquarters and will be kept there between 12:15 to 1:30 PM where people can pay their respects to her.

The Delhi government declared a two-day mourning in the national capital as a mark of respect for the former chief minister.