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Senior Congress person and erstwhile Union Minister Suresh Kalmadi passed distant successful Pune aboriginal connected Tuesday (January 6, 2026) pursuing a prolonged illness, household sources said.
He was 81.
Mr. Kalmadi breathed his past astatine astir 3.30 a.m., the sources said.
He had served arsenic Union Minister of State for Railways and was a erstwhile president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).
Mr. Kalmadi, a salient governmental fig from Pune, represented the metropolis aggregate times successful the Lok Sabha. He held respective cardinal positions during his governmental vocation and was associated with sports medication astatine the nationalist level for galore years.
Leaders cutting crossed enactment lines expressed grief implicit his demise and paid tribute to his publication to nationalist life.
Mr. Kalmadi is survived by his wife, lad and daughter-in-law, 2 joined daughters and a son-in-law, arsenic good arsenic grandchildren.
His mortal remains volition beryllium kept astatine Kalmadi House successful the Erandwane country successful Pune till 2 p.m., the sources said. The cremation volition beryllium held astatine Vaikunth crematorium successful Navi Peth astatine 3.30 p.m.
