Untimely death of Sushma Swaraj: A big loss to Nation and BJP !

Untimely death of Sushma Swaraj:  A big loss to Nation and BJP !

Maha Media 7 August 2019

The untimely death of senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj is big loss to country as well as to the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).  The former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, 67, who gained widespread praise for using social media to help Indians around the world in distress, was once seen as a rising star of the BJP who went on to fulfill that promise by achieving the highest legislative and executive successes. 

Sushma, daughter of a prominent RSS leader, had several achievements in her four-decade-long political career, including becoming Haryana’s youngest cabinet minister at 25 in 1977 and Delhi’s first woman chief minister in 1998.  However, she didn’t contest the last Lok Sabha election due to poor health, but her exclusion from the Union Cabinet despite the BJP’s sweeping victory this year surprised many in diplomatic and political circles.
Born on February 14, 1952 at Ambala in Haryana, she earned a bachelor’s degree with majors in Sanskrit and political science from SD College before going on to study law at Panjab University in Chandigarh. During her political career, she was elected a Member of Parliament nine times and a member of the legislative assembly three times.  As Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014, she was seen as one of the possible claimants in the BJP for the prime ministerial position. It was at this time that then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi went from strength to strength. She actively used social media to engage with Indians around the world and to outline the government’s position on key foreign policy issues. Swaraj also was known for responding to numerous requests for assistance from Indians in distress around the world.
Known to be an active Twitterati, Sushma Swaraj always reached out to those who asked for her help, during her tenure as the External Affairs Minister. Her ability to take prompt action and help anyone in need gave the image of the Ministry of External Affairs a massive boost, and she came to be known as the minister who was easily accessible in the hour of distress.
She was also the recipient of the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award. During her tenure as External Affairs minister, she handled several strategically-sensitive issues, including Indo-Pak and SinoIndia relations.