Former Maharashtra Health Minister and Senior BJP leader Dr. Daulatrao Aher died in Mumbai on Tuesday following prolonged illness. He was 74.
An ENT surgeon, Aher passed away at around 3 am at his residence, his younger brother Dr. Balasaheb Aher said.
Hailing from Nashik’s Devla taluka, he was the state health minister from 1995-99 in the then Shiv Sena-BJP coalition government. He was also as a Member of Parliament from Nashik constituency in 1989-1991 and was elected MLA from Nashik for three terms — 1985-90, 1995-99 and 1999-2004.
Aher was the chairman of Nashik’s leading educational institute Maratha Vidya Prasarak Samaj, and also associated with several other social organisations.
After the Congress-NCP government came to power in the state, he left BJP and joined NCP. However, he did not stay in the NCP for long and later rejoined BJP.
