Congress Member of Parliament (MP) from Nanded in Maharashtra, Vasant Chavan, was cremated in his hometown, Naigaon, on Tuesday morning in the presence of his supporters and party leaders.

Chavan, aged 69, passed away in a private hospital at Hyderabad on Monday morning following a prolonged illness. Several of Chavan’s supporters chanted slogans as his body was placed on the funeral pyre.