Supriya Shrinate is one of the prominent leaders of the Congress. She is also the chairperson of Congress' Social Media and Digital Platforms department as well as a member of the Congress Working Committee, the party's highest decision-making body.
Graduating from student politics, Maken went on to become Speaker of the Delhi Assembly and a cabinet minister in the Sheila Dikshit government.
Making a controversial statement, Chacko had earlier in the day said that the downfall of the Congress party started in 2013 when Sheila Dikshit was the chief minister.
In the video song, late Sheila Dikshit who was the Chief Minister for three consecutive terms in the Congress rule in Delhi was featured.
As Information and Broadcasting Minister she was urbane, and ever mindful of the needs of a free Press, a feature of Mr Reddy’s stint in that job as well.
Mamata has also demonstrated that to ensure enduring success, it is important to involve the larger and neglected segments of society and address their issues of livelihood. On the contrary, Sheila Dikshits success, bereft of her own political base, proved that like many other women politicians in post-Independent India, she too inherited a political office thanks to family connections and personal loyalty. She is an example of leaders who are imposed from above rather than having risen from the grassroots.
From the upper echelons of the Congress to the BJP’s top leadership to state parties, almost everyone was present at the funeral.
The Delhi government has decided to observe a two-day state mourning as a mark of respect in the memory of the three-time Delhi Chief Minister.
Akshay Kumar, Nimrat Kaur and Bhumi Pednekar, expressed grief over the demise of veteran Congress leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
Dikshit passed away at a hospital in Delhi on Saturday after suffering from cardiac arrest. She was 81 years old.
