Congress Lok Sabha MP Balu Dhanorkar passes away in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Balu Dhanorkar, the solitary Lok Sabha member from Maharashtra, passed away in the early hours of Tuesday at a private hospital in the National Capital Region. He was 47 years old and is survived by wife Pratibha,who is an MLA, and two sons.
"He was admitted to a Nagpur-based hospital last week for the treatment of kidney stones. He was later shifted to New Delhi but he could not survive," Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat said.
On May 26, Dhanorkar, who served as the Lok Sabha member from Chandrapur, sought medical treatment for kidney stones at a Nagpur hospital. Due to complications arising from his condition, he was urgently transferred to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram neighbouring Delhi on Sunday after some complications.
The mortal remains of Dhanorkar will be transported to his hometown, Warora, on Tuesday afternoon. The final rites are scheduled to take place on Wednesday morning.
Dhanorkar started his political career in the Balasaheb Thackeray-led Shiv Sena in Chandrapur district and won the assembly election in 2014. However, he was keen on contesting the Lok Sabha election from Chandrapur, which was traditionally contested by the BJP's Hansraj Ahir.
Dhanorkar joined the Congress and defeated Ahir. His wife won from the Warora-Bhadrawati assembly seat in 2019.