Sushma Swaraj sets example, vacates official residence in Delhi
New Delhi, June 29: Former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj vacated her official bungalow in Delhi's Luytens' zone as she is not a member of the Union council of ministers or Parliament, as per norms of the government.
Taking to twitter Swaraj wrote: "I have moved out of my official residence 8, Safdarjung Lane, New Delhi. Please note that I am not contactable on the earlier address and phone numbers."
According to the norms of government, any politician who is not a member of the Union Council of Ministers or Parliament is legally bound to vacate his/her official residence allotted by the government while he/she served in the Parliament.
I have moved out of my official residence 8, Safdarjung Lane, New Delhi. Please note that I am not contactable on the earlier address and phone numbers.
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) June 29, 2019
Sushma Swaraj did not contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and chose to sit out of the government this year on account of her health.
Swaraj leaves a legacy of an easily-accessible External Affairs Minister who helped the diaspora in distress by her revolutionary social media outreach.
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From being the youngest cabinet minister in the Haryana government to becoming the first woman Delhi chief minister, Swaraj has been a politician with many firsts.
Swaraj, 66, became the External Affairs Minister in 2014 when Modi's first cabinet was sworn-in on May 26.
She is only the second woman to hold the portfolio after Indira Gandhi, who briefly kept External Affairs Ministry under her while being the Prime Minister.