Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and senior Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi passed away at 3am on Friday at the P D Hinduja Hospital, a day after being hospitalised following a cardiac arrest.
He was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and was kept under observation. In a statement issued by the hospital, it was confirmed that Joshi was severely ill upon admission.
This isn’t Joshi’s first health setback. Last year in May, he was admitted to the same hospital after experiencing a brain haemorrhage, indicating ongoing health challenges.
The former Union minister was married to Anagha Joshi, who died in 2020 at the age of 75. He is survived by a son and two daughters.
Joshi began his career as a teacher and entered politics in 1967. He was associated with the Shiv Sena for more than four decades.
He was a municipal councilor in Mumbai during 1968-70 and Chairman, Standing Committee of the Mumbai municipal corporation in 1970. He was the Mayor of Mumbai during 1976-1977. He was then elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council in 1972.
After serving three terms in the Legislative Council, Joshi was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1990 and was the Leader of the Opposition in the assembly during 1990-91.
In the 1999 general elections, Joshi won from the Mumbai North-Central Lok Sabha Constituency as a Shiv Sena candidate and was later Union minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.  Joshi’s last rites will be performed at Shivaji Park crematorium in Dadar area.
