Nagpur, March 22 Veteran BJP leader Datta Meghe passed away on Sunday evening at the age of 89, his close aide and former Nagpur deputy mayor Raghunath Malikar said.
Meghe is the father of Hingna MLA Sandeep Meghe and former MLC Sagar Meghe.
Datta Meghe was a four-time Congress MP from Nagpur, Ramtek, and Wardha, and he was also a Rajya Sabha member from 2002 to 2008. He was a part of the Sharad Pawar-led (then undivided) NCP when it was formed in 1999 and served as a state minister.
He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014. He is survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters, and grandchildren.