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Sheila Dikshit`s last rites to take place on Sunday

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Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit's last rites will be performed today, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel said on Saturday. Ms Dikshit died on Saturday of a cardiac arrest at a Delhi hospital at the age of 81. The veteran Congress leader's body has been taken to her residence in Delhi's Nizamuddin area from the Fortis Escorts Heart Institute in Okhla.

Her body is being kept at her residence for people to pay their respects before being taken to the Congress headquarters this morning. It will be kept at the party headquarters for final respects before her last rites at 2.30 pm today at Nigam Bodh ghat.

The Delhi government has declared a two-day state mourning for Sheila Dikshit's death, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia tweeted.