Manohar Joshi, Ex Maharashtra Chief Minister, Dies At 86

Manohar Joshi, the former Lok Sabha Speaker, died on Friday in a Mumbai hospital after suffering a heart attack. The former Maharashtra chief minister was admitted to P D Hinduja Hospital's intensive care unit on Wednesday and died there, according to family sources, news agency PTI reported. Joshi (86) was very unwell, the hospital stated in a statement on Thursday.

The Shiv Sena leader was hospitalised to the same hospital in May of last year after suffering a brain hemorrhage.

Former CM of Maharashtra and Former Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi breathed his last today at Hinduja Hospital Mumbai at around 3:00 am. He was admitted to Hinduja Hospital on February 21 after he suffered a cardiac arrest: Family sources pic.twitter.com/vEEKPTVTtN