Maha party leaders says death of Girish Bapat a big loss for BJP

Demise of Pune MP Girish Bapat is a big loss for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Maharashtra unit president Chandrashekhar Bawankule said. NCP chief Sharad Pawar said the news of Bapat's death was extremely saddening.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar said the news of Bapat's death was extremely saddening. Senior BJP leader and Maharashtra cabinet minister Chandrakant Patil said Bapat was like a guru and a father figure.
 
It is like losing a father figure from your life. His friendship across the party lines and contacts with people and party workers were unparallel. He was dedicated to the party and its growth. His demise is a huge loss to the party, Patil said.

Bapat, who was ailing for the last one-and-a-half-years, passed away at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital here at 72 on Wednesday.

He had served as the MLA five times from the Kasba Peth constituency in Pune city. He was elected to Lok Sabha from the Pune constituency in 2019.
 

पुणे लोकसभा मतदारसंघाचे खासदार गिरीश बापट यांच्या निधनाचे वृत्त अत्यंत दुःखद आहे. चार दशकांच्या प्रदीर्घ कारकीर्दीत गिरीश बापट यांनी नेहमीच सर्वसमावेशक भूमिका घेत राजकीय प्रवास केला. #GirishBapatpic.twitter.com/qkATwWyx46

— Sharad Pawar (@PawarSpeaks) March 29, 2023

भाजपाचे ज्येष्ठ नेते, माजी मंत्री आणि पुण्याचे खासदार गिरीश बापट यांच्या निधनाचे वृत्त अतिशय दुःखद आहे. आम्ही आधार गमावला. त्यांना आम्ही "भाऊ " म्हणून हाक द्यायचो आणि ते मोठ्या भावासारखे धावून यायचे. भाऊंच्या जाण्याने आम्ही पोरके झालो. मी त्यांना भावपूर्ण आदरांजली अर्पण करतो.… pic.twitter.com/TZHTP5SqIN

— Chandrashekhar Bawankule (@cbawankule) March 29, 2023