<p>Former union minister and Congress leader Manikrao Gavit died of old age at a hospital in Maharashtra's Nashik on Saturday, sources said.</p>
<p>Gavit was 87, and is survived by his daughter former MLA Nirmala Gavit and son Bharat.</p>
<p>A nine-time Lok Sabha MP, Gavit represented the tribal-dominated Nandurbar constituency from 1980 to 2009, and lost the election in 2014.</p>
<p>Gavit's son Bharat joined the BJP after he was denied ticket by the Congress in 2019, while daughter Nirmala, a two-time Congress MLA from Igatpuri, joined the Shiv Sena and lost her seat.</p>
<p>Gavit served as the Union minister of state home in the Manmohan Singh government in 2004 and minister of state social justice in 2013.</p>
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Gavit was 87, and is survived by his daughter former MLA Nirmala Gavit and son Bharat

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