Former Mumbai mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar dies of cardiac arrest

MUMBAI: Former Mumbai mayor and Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Vishwanath Mahadeshwar (63) passed away in the early hours of Tuesday.
Sena (UBT) sources said that he felt uneasy late on Monday night and was taken to the V N Desai Hospital for treatment, where he died due to a cardiac arrest.

Known as an Uddhav Thackeray loyalist, Mahadeshwar had also contested the 2019 state assembly polls from the Bandra (East) constituency but lost to the Congress’s Zeeshan Siddique.
Mahadeshwar began his career as a teacher in a Ghatkopar school in 1994 and served as principal at the Raje Sambhaji School and Junior College in Santacruz for over a decade.
In 2002, Mahadeshwar was elected corporator for the first time. In 2003, he was elected as the chairman of the BMC’s education committee. Mahadeshwar was elected as the 76th mayor of the city in 2017 and collected his term in 2019. Mahadeshwar was among the most educated corporators in the Sena and was a Ramnarain Ruia College graduate.
A senior Sena (UBT) functionary described Mahadeshwar as an old school Shiv Sainik and a party loyalist.
"Mahadeshwar was someone who would not go beyond what he had been told but was very prompt and good at his work," the functionary said.
Mahadeshwar's last rites will be performed on Tuesday afternoon.