New Delhi: A grieved country bid farewell to former Union minister Sushma Swaraj, who died last night. Thousands have been poured into her house since morning and then into the BJP office to pay their respects to the leader whose tenure as foreign minister during the first term of the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Shortly before the funeral procession began, Sushma Swaraj's daughter Bansuri Swaraj and Swaraj Kaushal's husband were seen  saluting as she received state honors.