New Delhi: August 6 marks the first death anniversary of former Union Foreign Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj, who passed away on this day in 2019. Known for her charismatic personality and her connect with the people, Swaraj was one of India’s favorite Foreign Ministers to date.

Swaraj’s stature as a national leader gained prominence when she started reaching out to people’s calls for help especially those in stress in foreign countries.

Twitter users on Thursday remembered the late BJP leader and first woman Chief Minister of Delhi on her first death anniversary and paid tribute to her. Leaders of several other parties also took to their official twitter handles and raised above party lines to remember Sushma Swaraj. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, 

Here are some of the tweets from the campaign:

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Barasat (PTI): A court in West Bengal’s Barrackpore on Monday convicted three people for killing a councillor of Panihati Municipality in North 24 Parganas district.

Sanjib Pandit, Amit Pandit and Ziarul Mandal were convicted by the SDJM Court, Barrackpore, for the murder of Anupam Dutta, councillor of ward number 8 of the civic body in the city’s northern fringes, on March 13, 2022.

The court would declare the quantum of punishment on December 17.

Dutta was shot dead in the crowded Agarpara North Station Road, and his killing led to massive protests in the area in subsequent days.

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Local MLA Nirmal Ghosh had led a series of protests on B T Road and Tentultala More during March 2022, demanding the arrest of the assailants.

Police arrested one person based on CCTV footage, and nabbed two others after interrogating him.

Dutta's wife became the councilor following his death.

A large crowd from his ward, including many waving TMC flags, had on Monday assembled in front of the court premises, demanding strict punishment for the culprits.