Key Highlights
- He was 71.
- Purohit breathed his last at a private hospital in Mumbai on Saturday (January 17), they said.
- A well-known figure in Mumbai BJP circles, he had served as the party's city president and a Minister in the Maharashtra government, and was the BJP's chief whip in the Assembly between 2014 and 2019.
- He was once regarded as one of the most influential leaders of the BJP's city unit, wielding considerable clout in south Mumbai.
- Purohit was denied a ticket in the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly elections.
