Senior Congress leader Eknath Gaikwad dies of COVID-19
The former MP, who was the father of Maharashtra School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad, succumbed to the viral infection at a city hospital around 10 am, the sources added.
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MUMBAI: Former Maharashtra minister and senior Congress leader Eknath Gaikwad died of COVID-19 infection here on Wednesday, party sources said.
He was 81.
The former MP, who was the father of Maharashtra School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad, succumbed to the viral infection at a city hospital around 10 am, the sources added.
Eknath Gaikwad had also served as the president of the Mumbai Congress.
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Former Maharashtra minister Sanjay Deotale passes away
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Former Maharashtra minister Sanjay Deotale died following a cardiac arrest while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Nagpur on Sunday, his family sources said.
He was 58.
While undergoing treatment at the private hospital, his oxygen level deteriorated and he breathed his last around 2.15 pm after suffering a cardiac arrest, they said.
Deotale was minister for environment and cultural affairs in 2012 when Prithviraj Chavan was the chief minister.
He had started his political career as a Zilla Parishad member from Madheli-Nagri circle in Warora tehsil in 1991.
Deotale had contested and won his first Assembly election from Warora-Bhadravati Constituency in 1995. He was elected from the same seat in 2000, 2005 and 2009 as a Congress candidate. He had unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha election in 2014.
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