Bollywood remembers a 'fierce leader', 'great orator' in Sushma Swaraj

Updated:6 years, 11 months ago

New Delhi, Aug 7(ANI): Condolences continued to pour in from Bollywood celebrities for former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj who breathed her last after a cardiac arrest on Tuesday night. She passed away at the hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest. Along with many B-town celebrities Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan also expressed his grief by tweeting his condolences. Akshay Kumar also called Sushma Swaraj a "dynamic leader". Anil Kapoor termed her a "fierce leader" and an "exceptional human" in his tweet. Filmmaker Karan Johar also recalled her as a great "orator, leader and minister". Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor who is in New York undergoing treatment for an unknown health condition remembered the late leader. Actor Anushka Sharma also tweeted and prayed for her soul. Condolences poured in from an endless number of celebrities including Randeep Hooda, Vivek Oberoi, Arjun Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh, Sanjay Dutt to name a few. Swaraj was appointed the foreign minister in the first term of Modi government in 2014. She opted out of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections citing health reasons.

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