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The past rites of seasoned Congress person and erstwhile Union Minister Shivraj Patil were performed with afloat State honours successful his location territory Latur successful Maharashtra connected Saturday (December 13, 2025), with galore apical leaders successful attendance.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Union Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth, erstwhile Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, and Karnataka Minister Eshwar Khandre were among those present.
A salient subordinate of the Lingayat community, Patil was buried successful his workplace astatine Varvanti village, six kilometers from Latur, successful a seated, meditative posture.
This Lingayat ritual stems from their content that the psyche of the deceased instantly unites with Shiva and is not taxable to the rhythm of rebirth, frankincense making the cremation rites to merchandise the psyche from the assemblage unnecessary.
Mr. Birla laid a wreath connected Patil’s mortal remains. Maharashtra Congress President Harshwardhan Sapkal and Lok Sabha subordinate from Latur, Shivaji Kolge, were besides present. Before the past rites, Patil was accorded a weapon salute.
Patil, 90, passed distant connected Friday (December 12, 2025) astatine Latur pursuing a little illness. In a governmental vocation spanning fractional a century, helium held respective positions successful the Central government, including Speaker of the Lok Sabha and respective Ministries.
He started his vocation arsenic a subordinate of the Latur Municipal Corporation successful 1967 and was the Governor of Punjab and the Administrator of Chandigarh from 2010 to 2015.
In between, helium was a subordinate of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Latur for 2 presumption betwixt 1972 and 1980. He was the Lok Sabha subordinate from Latur Constituency for 7 consecutive terms, winning the elections successful 1980, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998 and 1999.
First inducted into the Indira Gandhi-led Government arsenic Minister of State for Defence (1980–82), Patil was fixed autarkic complaint of the Commerce Ministry (1982–83), from wherever helium was shifted to Science and Technology, Atomic Energy, Electronics, Space and Ocean Development (1983–84).
During the Rajiv Gandhi-led Government, helium besides took complaint arsenic Minister for Personnel, Defence Production, Civil Aviation, and Tourism.
Patil was trusted with the Union Home Ministry successful 2004, but resigned connected November 30, 2008, taking motivation work for the information lapses during the 26/11 Mumbai panic attack.
In March 1979, determination were reports that Gandhian person Jayaprakash Narayan, admitted to a infirmary successful Mumbai, had passed away. Many legislatures and adjacent the past Prime Minister Morarji Desai successful Parliament offered their condolences based connected these unverified reports.
However, Shivraj Patil, past Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly, insisted connected authoritative confirmation. He adjourned the House and verified the reports by contacting the doctors treating Narayan astatine the hospital. The doctors confirmed that Narayan was inactive alive. The Maharashtra Assembly past passed a solution wishing Narayan a agelong life. He died respective months later, successful October 1979.
