Former Deputy CM Ramrao Adik passes away

Mumbai, Aug 30 (UNI) Former Deputy Chief Minister Ramrao Wamanrao Adik passed away this morning at Leelavati hospital at Bandra in north west Mumbai.

The end came at around 0440 hrs. Adik, who was also the former Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) President suffering from pneumonia and blood pressure. He had been admitted to breach candy hospital earlier and was later shifted to Leelavati hospital.

Late Adik was the member of Legislative Council since 1978 till 1996 and was the Minister for more than a decade in the ministries of late Vasantdada Patil, A R Antule, Babasaheb Bhosle, Sharad Pawar and Sudhakarrao Naik.

His younger brother Govindrao Adik is a Congress MLC while his son- in-law Jambuwantrao Dhote is a veteran leader from Vidarbha region.

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