Former Mumbai Congress president Eknath Gaikwad succumbs to COVID-19
The Hindu
He was Maharashtra minister from 1999 to 2004, two-term Lok Sabha member
Former minister and veteran Congress leader Eknath Gaikwad, who had been under treatment for COVID-19 for two weeks, passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday. He was 81. Gaikwad was a two-term Lok Sabha member and the Mumbai Congress president from 2017 to 2020. A Dalit leader from Mumbai’s Dharavi, Gaikwad maintained his clout in one of the largest slums in Asia for over three decades. His daughter Varsha Gaikwad is presently the School Education Minister in the Maha Vikas Aghadi government and represents the Dharavi Assembly constituency.
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