India, Dec. 4 -- Former Mizoram governor and late Sushwa Swaraj's husband Swaraj Kaushal passed away on Thursday at the age 73, the Bharatiya Janata Party's Delhi unit said in a statement.

Kaushal, who was a senior advocate and also the father of New Delhi Member of Parliament (MP) Bansuri Swaraj, was rushed to AIIMS after he complained of chest pain in the afternoon, news agency PTI reported. Doctors declared him dead after he was brought to the hospital.

"We are sorry to inform the sudden demise of former Governor of Mizoram, senior advocate Swaraj Kaushal," BJP's Delhi unit said in a statement.

The former governor will be cremated at Lodhi Road crematorium, according to the statement.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed Kaushal's s...