Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Opposition Leader of Maharashtra Ajit Pawar etc. greeted this social reformer.
Pune: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Pimpri-Chinchwad Laxman Jagtap passed away at the age of 59 on Tuesday.
Mukta Tilak, another BJP MLA from Pune, passed away a few days ago. Both Jagtap and Tilak were not well for several months. Both were brought in an ambulance to vote in the Maharashtra MLC elections held in June. Meanwhile, tributes were paid to Savitribai Phule on her 192nd birth anniversary across the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Opposition Leader of Maharashtra Ajit Pawar etc. greeted this social reformer.
Savitribai Phule was an Indian educationist and feminist leader who, along with her husband Jyotirao Phule, opened the first school for girls at Bhide Wada in Pune.
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