India, April 9 -- Veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Mohsina Kidwai, who held key ministerial portfolios under former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 94.

Kidwai, who was suffering from age-related ailments, breathed her last at Noida's Metro Hospital early in the morning, her son-in-law Razi Ur Rehman Kidwai said. Kidwai was laid to rest at the graveyard in Nizamuddin this evening, with former party chief Rahul Gandhi attending the last rites.

Earlier, top Congress leaders paid tributes to Kidwai and AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge visited her house in Noida to express condolences to her family members. Kharge said that her passing is a profound loss to the party an...