Shiv Sena MLA Anil Babar passes away at 74

Shiv Sena MLA Anil Babar, aged 74, passed away on Wednesday at a hospital in Maharashtra's Sangli district. 

Shiv Sena MLA Anil Babar passed away on Wednesday at a hospital in Maharashtra's Sangli district. The legislator was 74. 

According to ANI inputs, the MLA had not been keeping well for the last few days and was subsequently hospitalised. 

Shiv Sena MLA Anil Babar passes away at a hospital in Sangli district of Maharashtra. He was not keeping well for the last few days. Today's State cabinet meet has been cancelled. CM is leaving for Sangli to meet Babar's family.

(Pic: Anil Babar's 'X' account) pic.twitter.com/EMLV24O271

— ANI (@ANI) January 31, 2024

The agency further stated that the State cabinet meeting, scheduled to take place today, has been cancelled and that Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is en route to Sangli to meet the deceased legislator's kin.

Babar was Shiv Sena's legislator from Khanapur in Sangli district. 

Condoling Babar's death, Shinde said that he has lost a guide, a close associate and the state has lost a senior representative of the people. CM Shinde said that Babar's cremation will take place with full state honours. 

"Khanapur Assembly Constituency MLA Anil Babar has sadly passed away. With his demise, we have truly lost a very effective public representative running the social work arm of Shiv Sena. Instructions have also been given to the administration to cremate him with full state honours," CM Shinde said in a social media post. 

खानापूर विधानसभा मतदारसंघाचे आमदार अनिल बाबर यांचे दुःखद निधन झाले आहे. त्यांच्या निधनाने आपण खऱ्या अर्थाने शिवसेनेचा समाजकार्याचा वसा चालवणारा एक अतिशय प्रभावी असा लोकप्रतिनिधी गमावला आहे. त्यांच्यावर शासकीय ईतमामात अंत्यसंस्कार करण्याच्या सूचनाही प्रशासनाला दिल्या आहेत.… pic.twitter.com/j7olT9DawH

— Eknath Shinde - एकनाथ शिंदे (@mieknathshinde) January 31, 2024

He further wrote, "His (Anil Babar's) work for Shiv Sena in his Khanapur Atpadi constituencies is unforgettable. Be it trying to house the homeless, organising blood donation camps, trying to implement the Krishna Valley Water and Tent Scheme or spreading education to the grassroots level through educational institutions, Anil Babar served as an exemplary public representative."

"Anil Babar always ferociously fought for the farmers' problems in the Khanapur Atpadi area. He worked tirelessly to solve their problems. We have lost a senior Shiv Sena representative; I have lost my close colleague and mentor. May God bless his soul and give strength to the members of Babar's family to recover from this suffering. A heartfelt tribute," he further wrote.

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