Veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister Girija Vyas died in Ahmedabad. She was 79.
Vyas was a prominent Congress leader who served as a minister in both the state and central government. She was also the Pradesh Congress Committee chief. She also served as the chairperson of the National Commission for Women.
In 2013, she was appointed Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in the Manmohan Singh government.