MPCC

suicide note

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee

acute diabetes

depression

Diwali

Rajawadi hospital

Mumbai District Cooperative Bank

State Congress chief Ashok Chavan

Formergeneral secretary was reportedly depressed over his illness. He left behindFormer general secretary ofMahadev Shelar allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling at his Mulund home on Saturday evening.Police said that the 64-year-old leader left behind a suicide note. His close associates said that he had diabetes and was fed up with his prolonged illness. However, sources said that he was also upset over the party sidelining him for the past one year.MPCC general secretary Rajan Bhosale, who was a close friend of Shelar, said, “Shelar hadwith his sugar level was never under control. As a result, he was suffering from. His family even organised counselling for him. We never expected him to take this drastic step.”A relative said, “His wife had gone out forshopping. When she came home, she was shocked to see him hanging from the ceiling. She alerted the neighbours, who took him to Fortis Hospital. Later, the body was taken toin Ghatkopar East.”Shelar stayed at Bilwa Kunj on LBS Road in Mulund West. Hailing from Satara, he grew up in Mumbai. He had done masters in law and used to practise in cooperative law. However, he was attracted to politics and eventually became an organisational man in Congress.As he rose in politics, he left his law practice.Shelar had headed theand was the MPCC general secretary from 2000 to 2006. He was appointed a party spokesperson from 2006 to 2016. But his name did not figure in the reorganised committee in 2016. Since then, he mostly remained at home.He was also very close to former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan and played an important role in giving tickets in the 2014 parliamentary and assembly polls. Shelar also contested the 2009 assembly polls in Mulund but lost. He was also closely associated with late MPCC chief Govindrao Adik.He has a son, Mandar, who is a secretary of Mumbai Congress and stayed separately. His daughter Meenal stays in the US.Prithviraj Chavan said that he was not in touch with him since the past year. “The news of his death is really shocking.”Leader of opposition in the assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil described Shelar as a man with social attachment. As a general secretary, he had started a programme wherein ministers could interact with common people.said that Shelar was deeply attached with the Congress’s line of thought.The Mulund police have registered a case of accidental death.