<p>Veteran politician Vinayak Mete died in a road accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in the wee hours of Sunday.</p>.<p>Mete was on way to Mumbai to attend a meeting to discuss issues of the Maratha community, when the accident took place.</p>.<p>He was rushed to the MGM Hospital in Navi Mumbai, where he was pronounced dead.</p>.<p>The founder of Shiv Sangram, he was popular across Maharashtra.</p>.<p>Mete had been in the forefront of the peaceful agitation to demand the reservation of the Maratha community.</p>.<p>He also headed the committee that was overseeing the project to build a grand memorial in honour of legendary Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the Arabian Sea.</p>.<p>Politicians, cutting across party lines, condoled his death.</p>
<p>Veteran politician Vinayak Mete died in a road accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in the wee hours of Sunday.</p>.<p>Mete was on way to Mumbai to attend a meeting to discuss issues of the Maratha community, when the accident took place.</p>.<p>He was rushed to the MGM Hospital in Navi Mumbai, where he was pronounced dead.</p>.<p>The founder of Shiv Sangram, he was popular across Maharashtra.</p>.<p>Mete had been in the forefront of the peaceful agitation to demand the reservation of the Maratha community.</p>.<p>He also headed the committee that was overseeing the project to build a grand memorial in honour of legendary Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the Arabian Sea.</p>.<p>Politicians, cutting across party lines, condoled his death.</p>
