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BJP MP Girish Bapat passes away in Pune, condolences pour in.

He had been keeping unwell and was admitted to Dinanath Mangeshkar hospital in Pune

BJP MP Girish Bapat passes away in Pune, condolences pour in.
BJP MP Girish Bapat passes away in Pune, condolences pour in.
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On March 29, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Girish Bapat passed away. He had been keeping unwell and was admitted to Dinanath Mangeshkar hospital in Pune. He had been under treatment for several days. The final rites on Bapat will be performed at 7:00 pm at Vaikunth crematorium.

BJP Maharashtra took to Twitter and shared their condolences. 

As a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Pune in the 2019 Indian general election.

He had joined in an election campaign in Kasba despite his ill health.  

He also exercised his right to vote at a polling booth in Kasba Peth. He had arrived with an oxygen cylinder. 


Education and political career

He did his  bachelor's degree in commerce from B.M.C.C. College of Commerce in Pune, Maharashtra. In 1980, his political career began  when he was appointed Secretary of the Pune City BJP.

He began his political career with the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) and was first elected to the Pune Municipal Corporation in a by-election in 1983 and won three subsequent terms.

Previously in the Maharashtra government, he served as Cabinet Minister for Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Protection, Food and Drugs Administration, and Parliamentary Affairs. Since 1995  in five consecutive elections, he has been elected to the Vidhan Sabha from Kasba Peth Constituency.

He was appointed Chairman of the Pune Municipal Corporation's Standing Committee, in 1986-87. For the first time in 1995, he was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He was appointed Director of Krishna Valley Development Corporation in 1997.

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