One of the tallest stalwarts of the railway trade union movements, Jaywantrao Gulabrao Mahurkar, passed away on Tuesday after a cardiac arrest. He was 86. Popularly called as Dada, he was the general secretary of the Western Railway Mazdoor Sangh and vice-president of National Federation of Indian Railwaymen.

He suffered a cardiac arrest around midnight on Tuesday and was rushed to the hospital.