New Delhi : Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj, 67, passed away at AIIMS on Tuesday night after suffering a heart attack in the evening.

Sources said she was brought to AIIMS at 10:15pm after she suffered a heart attack and was straight away taken to the emergency ward.

A star minister during Modi government’s first stint, Sushma Swaraj did not contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and chose to sit out of the government this year on account of her health.

Sushma Swaraj had a kidney transplant in 2016 and had opted out of contesting Lok Sabha polls earlier this year for health reasons.