<p>Former Maharashtra minister Tukaram Dighole died here following a brief illness early on Saturday, family sources said.</p>.<p>He was 77.</p>.<p>Dighole breathed his last at a private hospital in the wee hours, they said.</p>.<p>He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.</p>.<p>Dighole represented Sinnar Assembly constituency in Nashik between 1985 and 1999.</p>.<p>He was Minister of State for Power and Rural Development in the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance government in the state from 1995-1999. He was a Shiv Sena MLA at that time.</p>.<p>He was former director of Nashik District Central Cooperative (NDCC) Bank and former chairman of Nashik Co- operative Sugar Factory here. </p>
<p>Former Maharashtra minister Tukaram Dighole died here following a brief illness early on Saturday, family sources said.</p>.<p>He was 77.</p>.<p>Dighole breathed his last at a private hospital in the wee hours, they said.</p>.<p>He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.</p>.<p>Dighole represented Sinnar Assembly constituency in Nashik between 1985 and 1999.</p>.<p>He was Minister of State for Power and Rural Development in the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance government in the state from 1995-1999. He was a Shiv Sena MLA at that time.</p>.<p>He was former director of Nashik District Central Cooperative (NDCC) Bank and former chairman of Nashik Co- operative Sugar Factory here. </p>