Maharashtra: Veteran Congress leader Vasantrao Chavan passes away at 70

Veteran Congress leader Vasant Chavan passed away on Monday August 26 2024 at a private hospital in Hyderabad after a prolonged illness He was 70The Congress MP died while undergoing treatment at Kims Hospital in Hyderabad He breathed his last around 4 am on Monday morning He was undergoing treatment for renal issues there since last week reported news agency PTIHis last rites will be performed in Naigaon at 11 am the sources told PTIThe President of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee MPCC Nana Patole paid his tributes to the Congress veteran in a post on X The news of the demise of a senior leader of Congress party MP of Nanded Lok Sabha Constituency Vasantraoji Chavan is very shocking read the post The MPCC president also praised the exMP for staying loyal to the Congress party even in adverse conditions He always remained loyal to the Congress party even in adverse conditions and brought the idea of the Congress party home added the post hellip pictwittercomDTGRe8p5hmmdash Nana Patole NANA_PATOLE August 26 2024Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly Vijay Wadettiwar also condoled the demise of the Congress leaderThe news of the demise of Nanded Lok Sabha Constituency MP Vasantraoji Chavan is very sad Being loyal to the Congress ideology he supported the Congress party during difficult times and maintained the party organization in the Nanded district He remained loyal to the Congress Party throughout his life with the feeling that the Congress Party was his family The death of Vasantraoji Chavan who was a true pike of Congress ideology has caused a great loss to the party Vasantraoji pays a heartfelt tribute to Chavan We share the grief of the Chavan family and friends on this difficult occasion Wadttiwar posted on XFormer Maharashtra CM and BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Chavan recalled the strong relationship he had with Vasantrao ChavanThe news of the death of senior leader and Nanded MP Vasantrao Chavan is very shocking It was expected that he would recover sooner or later by responding to medical treatment However early today time struck them with an unfortunate attack Late Vasantrao Chavan and I were related for two generations Our fathers worked together we also stayed together for many years in politics and cooperatives As an MP from Nanded he got the opportunity to work at the central level for the first time However with his demise a moderate modest and experienced leader who knew the pulse of the countryside well has passed away A heartfelt tribute to Vasantrao Chavan Ashok Chavan said in a post on XThe veteran Congress leader had won the Nanded Lok Sabha seat this year despite ill health and big desertions including that of former CM Ashok Chavan who joined BJP ahead of the pollsSoon after the Lok Sabha election results were out Vasant Chavan thanked Ashok Chavan for defecting to BJPIn the Lok Sabha election Vasant Chavan defeated sitting BJP MP Pratap Patil Chikhalikar by 59442 votes overcoming issues like a weakened party after Ashok Chavan defected to BJP just before the elections and his own personal health problemsBorn in Naigaon in Nanded district Vasant Chavan was a gram panchayat member for a long time and later became a zilla parishad member in 1990 and 2002He was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council in 2002 and became a member of the state legislative assembly from the Naigaon assembly seat He was an MLA from 2009 to 2014He was also the chairman of Nanded District Central Cooperative Bank from 2021 to 2023With inputs from PTI