KOLHAPUR: Former mayor of Solapur Municipal Corporation and NCP (SP) leader Mahesh Vishnupant Kothe passed away after a myocardial infarction He suffered after Shahi Snan at Mahakumbh on the Ganges river in Prayagraj on Tuesday morning.
He was 60 years old. Kothe contested the Solapur City North assembly but was defeated.
Tributes began to pour in after the disappearance of Kothe, who had good cross-party relations. However, his nephew Devendra Kothe won, but on a BJP ticket from Solapur City Central.
According to family members, Mahesh Kothe He had gone to Prayagraj to participate in Mahakumbh with his friends. “After bathing at Ganga ghat, he suffered a heart attack. He was shifted to the local hospital, however, doctors declared him dead. We approached the Uttar Pradesh government through the Maharashtra government to airlift Kothe and bring his mortal remains to Solapur,” said a relative of Kothe. .
Mahesh Kothe was the youngest mayor of Solapur and a close confidant of Sharad Pawar. He stayed with Pawar after the match fractured. Although he lost, his opponents praised him for the fight for the match he gave despite his health conditions.
Sharad Pawar took to social media to pay tributes to his party member. “The former youngest mayor of Solapur and my former colleague Mahesh Kothe sadly passed away in Prayagraj. Mahesh Kothe had a great influence on the social work and politics of Solapur city. With his passing away, Solapur city has lost a brave worker. All of us share the pain of the Kothe family, our deepest condolences,” Pawar wrote.
Kothe won Solapur Municipal Corporation elections seven times. He left Congress and joined Shiv Sena and won again in 2017 as a corporator. After the Shiv Sena was denied the ticket, he contested as an independent but lost and later decided to align with the NCP.