Ex-Union Minister Jaywantiben Mehta passes away

Top leaders from across the political spectrum expressed grief over her demise

November 07, 2016 11:17 am | Updated December 02, 2016 02:04 pm IST - Mumbai

A file photo of Jaywantiben Mehta. Photo: Shashi Ashiwal

A file photo of Jaywantiben Mehta. Photo: Shashi Ashiwal

Jaywantiben Mehta, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union Minister passed away early on Monday at her residence following a brief illness.

She was 78 and had served as a Minister in the Cabinet of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.

A housewife-turned-politician, Mehta breathed her last around 1.30 a.m. on Monday and the last rites are scheduled this evening at Shivaji Park crematorium, said a party official.

Around six years, she had penned and released her multi-lingual autobiography, ‘Marching With Time’, detailing her life’s journey from a middle-class home-maker to a municipal corporator to parliamentarian and then a Union Minister.

Top leaders from across the political spectrum on Monday expressed grief over the demise of Mehta.

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