Nanded, Aug 26 (Reporter) Vasantrao Chavan, a veteran Congress leader and recently elected Member of Parliament from Nanded constituency, passed away on Monday morning at a hospital in Hyderabad after battling a prolonged illness. According to the sources, Vasant Chavan had been unwell for several days and was undergoing treatment at KIMS Hospital in Hyderabad. However, the Congress leader's condition worsened on Sunday, and breathed his last at 4 a.m. on Monday. As per the information, Chavan, suffering from a respiratory issue, was admitted to a hospital last week and later transferred to Kings Hospital in Hyderabad, where he died in the early hours. Born in Naigaon in Nanded district, Vasantrao Chavan was a gram panchayat member for a long time and later became a zilla parishad member in 1990 and 2002. He was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council in 2002 and as an independent MLA in 2009 from Naigaon assembly seat (after it was formed in 2009). Vasantrao Chavan was re-elected to the State’s Lower House as Congress’s candidate in 2014 polls and was also the chairman of Nanded District Central Cooperative Bank from 2021 to 2023. He joined the Indian National Congress party in September 2014 and was re-elected to the 13th Maharashtra Assembly as a Congress party member. Family sources have confirmed that Chavan's funeral ceremony will take place tomorrow (August 27) in Naigaon, Nanded district...////...