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Pune: Veteran Congress leader Ratnakar Mahajan dies at 80

Pune, Sep 12 (UNI) Veteran Congress leader and former party spokesperson Ratnakar Mahajan died at his residence in Pune on Saturday morning. He was 80.
Mahajan had been unwell for the past few days. His last rites were performed at the Vaikunth Crematorium in Navi Peth on Saturday.
Mahajan’s death marks the loss of an erudite, composed and committed leader of the Congress.
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