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Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir, Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar (both BJP) were also present. The mortal remains of former Union minister and senior Congress leader Shantaram Potdukhe were consigned to flames with full state honours on Monday in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur. Earlier in the day, senior Congress leaders, including Maharashtra state party chief Ashok Chavan and Vilas Muttemwar, visited Potdukhe’s residence to console the bereaved family members. His son Bharat Potdukhe lit the funeral pyre, after a 21-gun salute was given in the honour of the departed minister. Also Read | Bigg Boss 12: Neha Pendse reveals THIS weird habit in bedThe four-time MP from Chandrapur in eastern Maharashtra had served as a Union minister of state for finance in the Narasimha Rao-led government..