Ex-Union Minister & Congress leader Manikrao Gavit dies at 87 in Nashik

Manikrao Gavit, former Union Minister and Congress MP, passed away at the age of 87 on Saturday. He had been ill for some time and died in a hospital in Maharashtra's Nashik. A nine-time Lok Sabha MP, Gavit represented the tribal-dominated Nandurbar constituency between 1980 and 2009. He also served as Minister of State for Social Justice during UPA government.