Former Maharashtra minister Madan Patil passes away

SANGLI: Former Maharashtra Minister and senior Congress leader Madan Vishwanath Patil passed away in Mumbai in the early hours today following illness.

He was 55.

Patil was recently admitted to a private hospital in Mumbai for liver transplant where he died at around 12.30 AM today, his family said.

The leader was a Member of Parliament twice from Sangli Lok Sabha constituency.

He had earlier also been an MLA from Sangli Assembly seat and had served as a minister in the earlier Congress-led state government.

He was the grandson of Maharashtra's former Chief Minister late Vasantdada Patil.

His funeral will take place later today in Sangli.