New Delhi, May 1 -- Senior Congress leader and former union minister Girija Vyas died at a hospital in Ahmedabad, her family said on Thursday. Vyas had suffered burn injuries on March 31 while performing aarti at her home in Udaipur, Rajasthan. She was 79.

Vyas's brother Gopal Sharma said that she succumbed to burn injuries at the Ahmedabad hospital on Thursday evening. Her funeral will be conducted in Udaipur on Friday, Sharma told PTI.

According to the PTI report, Vyas was performing aarti during which her dupatta caught fire from a burning lamp. Vyas had suffered critical burn injuries from the accident. She was taken to a private hospital in Udaipur where she was referred to Ahmedabad.

Vyas was a prominent Congress leader who serve...