Former Maha Home Minister RR Patil dead
17 Feb 2015 12:14 AM GMT
Senior Nationalist Congress Party leader RR Patil, who was Maharashtra’s Home Minister during the 26/11 terror attacks, died in Mumbai on Monday from cancer at the age of 57. Patil breathed his last at LilavatiHospital where he was on life support, hospital sources said. The NCP leader, a six-term member of Legislative Assembly from Tasgaon in Sangli district, is survived by his mother, wife, and two daughters. Admired for his clean image and easy accessibility, Patil was among the top rung leaders of the NCP.
His mortal remains will be kept at state NCP headquarters at Nariman Point for two hours from 6 pm for people to pay their last respects, party sources said. The last rites of the departed leader will be performed at his native Anjani village at 1 pm on Tuesday, they said. Patil had undergone a surgery for oral cancer at Breach Candy Hospital last December. Fondly called ‘Aaba’ in political circles, he was considered very close to NCP chief Sharad Pawar. Patil was elected to the legislative assembly for the first time in 1990 and appointed rural development minister in the Congress-NCP government in 1999.
He was allotted the important home portfolio in 2003 after the then Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, who held it, resigned in the wake of allegations of his involvement in the Telgi scam. He was made Deputy Chief Minister in 2004.
His mortal remains will be kept at state NCP headquarters at Nariman Point for two hours from 6 pm for people to pay their last respects, party sources said. The last rites of the departed leader will be performed at his native Anjani village at 1 pm on Tuesday, they said. Patil had undergone a surgery for oral cancer at Breach Candy Hospital last December. Fondly called ‘Aaba’ in political circles, he was considered very close to NCP chief Sharad Pawar. Patil was elected to the legislative assembly for the first time in 1990 and appointed rural development minister in the Congress-NCP government in 1999.
He was allotted the important home portfolio in 2003 after the then Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, who held it, resigned in the wake of allegations of his involvement in the Telgi scam. He was made Deputy Chief Minister in 2004.
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