Former Goa Congress chief Shantaram Naik dead at 76 (Lead)
Saturday - June 9, 2018 11:48 am ,
Category : HEALTH
Former Goa Congress chief Shantaram Naik dead at 76 (Lead)
Panaji/New Delhi June 9 (IANS) Former Goa Congress President and two-time Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik died of a massive heart attack on Saturday a party leader said. He was 76.
Girish Chodankar who replaced Naik as state Congress president in April told IANS from Panaji: "Naik passed away around 6.30 a.m."
"He complained of chest pain after which he was rushed to a private hospital in Margao town " Chodankar said. He was declared brought dead at the Trimurti hospital.
Naik s last rites would take place on Sunday at 10.30 a.m. at his native village Cuncolim in south Goa he added.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi condoling the death said: "I m sorry to hear about the passing away of Shri Shantaram Naik former Goa Congress Chief MP and senior Congress leader who played an important role in the battle for Goa s statehood.
"My condolences to his family in their time of grief. May his soul rest in peace " Gandhi tweeted.
Naik who headed the Goa Congress until recently represented the state in Rajya Sabha for two consecutive terms -- from 2005 to 2011 and from 2011 to 2017.
Beginning his political career in 1967 Naik joined the Congress as a party worker and successfully contested the North Goa Lok Sabha seat in 1984.
He was also instrumental in the passage of the bill that led to Goa s statehood on May 30 1987.
--IANS aks-maya/in
Girish Chodankar who replaced Naik as state Congress president in April told IANS from Panaji: "Naik passed away around 6.30 a.m."
"He complained of chest pain after which he was rushed to a private hospital in Margao town " Chodankar said. He was declared brought dead at the Trimurti hospital.
Naik s last rites would take place on Sunday at 10.30 a.m. at his native village Cuncolim in south Goa he added.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi condoling the death said: "I m sorry to hear about the passing away of Shri Shantaram Naik former Goa Congress Chief MP and senior Congress leader who played an important role in the battle for Goa s statehood.
"My condolences to his family in their time of grief. May his soul rest in peace " Gandhi tweeted.
Naik who headed the Goa Congress until recently represented the state in Rajya Sabha for two consecutive terms -- from 2005 to 2011 and from 2011 to 2017.
Beginning his political career in 1967 Naik joined the Congress as a party worker and successfully contested the North Goa Lok Sabha seat in 1984.
He was also instrumental in the passage of the bill that led to Goa s statehood on May 30 1987.
--IANS aks-maya/in
