Mumbai, Feb. 23 -- Former Maharashtra chief minister and former Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi, who was undergoing treatment in a city hospital after suffering a heart attack, died while being treated on Friday.
He was 86.
Joshi suffered a heart attack on Thursday night and was admitted to Hinduja Hospital for treatment. However, he died while undergoing treatment, family sources said.
He was the first-rung leader of Shiv Sena and one of the close associates of party founder Bal Thackeray, founder of Shiv Sena.
He held many positions in his political career as MLA, Mayor of Mumbai, Leader of Opposition and the first chief minister of Shiv Sena.
Due to his poor health for past several months, he was not active in politics in Maharasht...