Shyamal Chakraborty
Senior CPI(M) leader Shyamal Chakraborty died of Covid-19 at a hospital in Kolkata on Thursday, party sources said. He was 76.
Kolkata: Senior CPI(M) leader Shyamal Chakraborty died of Covid-19 at a hospital in Kolkata on Thursday, party sources said. He was 76.
Chakraborty, the three-time transport minister of West Bengal from 1982 to 1996, was admitted to the hospital after he tested positive for Covid-19 on July 30.
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Shyamal Chakraborty
He was also a two-time Rajya Sabha member and a veteran trade unionist.
"He died this afternoon. He was on ventilation for the last few days," a party leader said.
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Ushasi Chakraborty and Shyamal Chakraborty
He is survived by daughter Ushasi Chakraborty, an actor.
Chakraborty is the second notable politician from the state to die of Covid-19. Trinamool Congress MLA Tamonash Ghosh succumbed to the contagion in June.
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