Senior CPI-M leader Shridhar Deshpande dies at 82

Nashik, April 3 Senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Shridhar Deshpande died of a brief illness in Maharashtra’s Nashik city on Saturday, family sources said. Deshpande, 82, breathed his last at a private hospital and his last rites were...

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Updated At : 07:42 PM Apr 03, 2021 IST

Nashik, April 3

Senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Shridhar Deshpande died of a brief illness in Maharashtra’s Nashik city on Saturday, family sources said.

Deshpande, 82, breathed his last at a private hospital and his last rites were performed in the afternoon, they said.

He is survived by his wife, son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren.

Deshpande was the president of the district unit of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions and worked as the CPI-M’s city unit secretary.

He led the struggle of depositors from banks and co-operative credit societies in the district.

He also participated in farmers’ and workers’ movement. PTI

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