MAPUSA: Former Speaker and ex-Minister Surendra Sirsat passed away after a brief illness at a private hospital at Mapusa on Monday night. He was 75. Sirsat was first elected on MGP ticket from Mapusa constituency in 1977 and again in 1989 and 1994 polls. He was elected as Goa Assembly Speaker in 1989-1991 and had a brief stint as Panchayats Minister in 1998. Sirsat was also a former MGP president.