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Mumbai: An early hours of Friday, Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and senior Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi passed away. Joshi breathed his last at the age of 86 at Hinduja Hospital. Dr Joshi, popularly known as ‘Sir’, was one of the close aides of late Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray.
The funeral of Mr Joshi will be held at the Shivaji Park crematorium in Mumbai later today. He had been admitted to the ICU of P D Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai after suffering a cardiac arrest on Wednesday.
On Thursday, in a statement Hospital said, “Manohar Joshi, Ex-Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was admitted at PD Hinduja Hospital on 21st February 2024. He suffered a cardiac event and is severely ill. He is currently in the ICU under close observation and receiving best of medical care.”
Joshi served as chief minister from 1995 to 1999 and was the first leader from the undivided Shiv Sena to occupy the top post in the state. Mr Joshi was also elected as a Member of Parliament and was the Lok Sabha Speaker from 2002 to 2004.
Born on 2 December 1937 in Nandvi in Raigarh district of Maharashtra, Shri Joshi was educated in Mumbai. Shri Joshi was a Municipal Councilor in Mumbai during 1968-70 and Chairman of the Standing Committee (Municipal Corporation) in 1970.
He was also the Mayor of Mumbai during 1976–77. After this he was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council in 1972. After serving three terms in the Legislative Council, Mr. Joshi was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1990.
He also served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly during 1990–91. In the 1999 general elections, he won the Mumbai North-Central Lok Sabha constituency on a Shiv Sena ticket.
