Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar passes away

Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar passed away last night after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar alias Bhausaheb Fundkar was leader of opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Council in India. He was a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party.

He was a member of 9th Lok Sabha, 10th Lok Sabha and 11th Lok Sabha from Akola (Lok Sabha constituency) from Maharashtra. He was also former president of State BJP. He was born in 1950 in Buldhana.

He was elected as member of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha from Khamgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 1978 and 1980. On July 8, 2016 he was sworn in as a Cabinet Minister in Devendra Fadnavis government. He passed away in the early hours of 31 May 2018 in Breach Candy hospital, Mumbai due to massive heart attack.