Girish Bapat (3 September 1950 – 29 March 2023) was an Indian politician who served as a member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Pune, Maharashtra in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Girish Bapat Cause Of Death
Girish Bapat considered the most powerful face of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Pune, died on Wednesday due to a prolonged illness. He was 73 years old.
Bapat breathed his last at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune where he was being treated for breathing-related issues.
Bapat was elected to the Lok Sabha in the 2019 general elections. Prior to that, he was elected to the state Legislative Assembly five times consecutively, from 1995 to 2014, from the Kasba Peth’s seat. He was a state minister in the BJP-led government from 2009 to 2014 under then Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.