Ex-Goa Congress MP Shantaram Naik dead, Rahul condoles
Saturday - June 9, 2018 11:34 am ,
Category : HEALTH
Ex-Goa Congress MP Shantaram Naik dead, Rahul condoles
Panaji/New Delhi June 9 (IANS) Former Rajya Sabha MP and senior Congress leader Shantaram Naik passed away on Saturday after suffering a massive heart attack a party leader said. He was 72.
Goa Congress President Girish Chodankar 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. But he was declared brought dead " Chodankar said. 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.
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Goa Congress President Girish Chodankar 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. But he was declared brought dead " Chodankar said. 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/in/vm
