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The former union minister, former chief of National Commission for Women , former Rajasthan Congress chief and chief of National Mahila Congress Dr. Girija Vyas breathed her last in a Gujarat hospital today after being there for treatment for the last one month in a very serious condition after she was immolated when her sardine caught fire further spreading immensely burning her to 90 percent. She was admitted in Ahmedabad private hospital since the last one month. The death of Girija Vyas had sent shock waves in Rajasthan and in Congress party.
The dead body of Girija Vyas had been taken to her home district Udaipur where she will be kept for the darshan of the people before consigning to flames finally.
The Congress chief and veteran leader , leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge expressed his deepest condolences on the sad demise of Girija Vyas writing on X :
The news of the demise of former Union Minister, former State President of Rajasthan Congress and senior Congress leader, Dr. Girija Vyas ji is extremely sad. She served the country and the Congress Party in many important capacities as Union Minister, MP, MLA, Chairperson of the Women’s Commission, Chairperson of the AICC Ideology Department and Editor of Congress Sandesh. An intellectual politician, an influential orator and an able administrator, her demise is an irreparable loss to the Congress family. From becoming a member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly at the age of just 25, she dedicated four decades to the Congress and public service in various constitutional and organisational roles. As a true Gandhian, she set an inspiring example of women empowerment while performing her duties. In this sad hour, I express my deepest condolences to his family and well-wishers and pray for the peace of the departed soul.
The chief minister of Rajasthan Bhajan Lal Sharma while expressing his condolences said : The news of the demise of former Union Minister Dr. Girija Vyas ji is extremely sad. I pray to Lord Shri Ram to grant salvation to the departed soul and give strength to the bereaved family to bear this immense loss. Om peace wrote the Rajasthan CM in X.
The former chief minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot while extending his deepest condolences wrote on X : The demise of former Union Minister and former Congress State President Dr Girija Vyas is an irreparable loss for all of us. Dr Girija Vyas had made a great contribution in the field of education, politics and social service. Her untimely demise in such an accident is a big shock for all of us. I pray to God to grant his soul a place at his feet said former Rajasthan CM in X.
Girija Vyas was an outspoken woman leader and had played a vital role in education, propagating the Congress ideology, strengthening the Indian Mahila Congress and as Rajasthan Congress chief including empowering women , working in the field of education and giving relief to hundreds of distressed women in her capacity as the chairperson of the National Women Commission including being the editor of the Congress party’s official organ Congress Sandesh monthly magazine circulated all over India. .
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