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Letter to BS: Sheila Dikshit can be called a 'transformer' of Delhi

She was the CM of Delhi from 1998 till 2013 when Congress was ousted from power in Delhi by Arvind Kejriwal led AAP

Sheila Dixit
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Sheila Dixit

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Apropos “Sheila Dikshit cremated with state honours” (July 22). Senior Congress leader and three-term Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit can be called a “transformer” of Delhi. It used to be a full fledged Union Territory till 1991, and even today has multiple power centres, but she was able to manage Delhi much better than many others who held power before she took over the reins in 1998. Gujarat used to be touted as the best governed state under Narendra Modi, but unlike Delhi, the state did not face the problem of people migrating in large numbers.
 
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