BJP's Pune MP Girish Bapat dies at 72

Pune, March 29 BJP Lok Sabha member from Pune Girish Bapat passed away at a hospital on Wednesday, party sources said. He was ailing for the last one-and-a-half years. The 72-year-old BJP leader was admitted to the ICU of Deenanath...

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Updated At : 06:58 PM Mar 29, 2023 IST

Pune, March 29

BJP Lok Sabha member from Pune Girish Bapat passed away at a hospital on Wednesday, party sources said.

He was ailing for the last one-and-a-half years.

The 72-year-old BJP leader was admitted to the ICU of Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital in a critical condition and was on life support.

“Today is a sad day. BJP’s senior leader and Pune Lok Sabha MP Girish Bapat has left us. He passed away in a hospital. For the last one and half years, he was undergoing treatment,” said Jagdish Mulik, BJP city unit president.

He said Bapat’s last rites would be performed at Vaikunth crematorium on Wednesday evening.

Bapat had served as the MLA five times from Kasba Peth constituency. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2019.

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