Shiv Sena MLA Anil Babar Passes Away, CM Shinde To Meet His Family At Sangli

Shiv Sena MLA Anil Babar passed away at a hospital in the Sangli district of Maharashtra.

Eknath Shinde Shiv Sena Faction MLA Anil Babar Passes Away

Source : X/ANI

Maharashtra News: Shiv Sena MLA Anil Babar passed away at a hospital in the Sangli district of Maharashtra, news agency ANI reported on Wednesday. He was 74. According to ANI, Babar was not keeping well for the last few days. Today's State cabinet meeting has been cancelled. Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde is set to meet his family in Sangli district,   

Shiv Sena MLA Anil Babar passes away at a hospital in Sangli district of Maharashtra. He was not keeping well for the last few days. Today's State cabinet meet has been cancelled. CM is leaving for Sangli to meet Babar's family.

(Pic: Anil Babar's 'X' account) pic.twitter.com/EMLV24O271

— ANI (@ANI) January 31, 2024

Eknath Shinde expressed grief at the demise Babar and said he has lost a guide and a close associate and the state has lost a senior representative of the people. Babar was the MLA from Khanapur-Atpadi in Sangli district. In a condolence message on X, Shinde said Babar's work in the Khanapur-Atpadi constituency cannot be forgotten as he worked towards the Tembhu (lift irrigation) scheme, farmers' issues and several other developmental works.

खानापूर विधानसभा मतदारसंघाचे आमदार अनिल बाबर यांचे दुःखद निधन झाले आहे. त्यांच्या निधनाने आपण खऱ्या अर्थाने शिवसेनेचा समाजकार्याचा वसा चालवणारा एक अतिशय प्रभावी असा लोकप्रतिनिधी गमावला आहे. त्यांच्यावर शासकीय ईतमामात अंत्यसंस्कार करण्याच्या सूचनाही प्रशासनाला दिल्या आहेत.… pic.twitter.com/j7olT9DawH

— Eknath Shinde - एकनाथ शिंदे (@mieknathshinde) January 31, 2024

He further stated that Babar's cremation will take place with full state honours, the CM said. After a revolt in the Shiv Sena in 2022, Babar decided to go with CM Shinde and was part of the group of legislators that had gone to Guwahati following the rebellion. Babar, a four-term MLA, won the election in 2019 on the Shiv Sena's ticket.