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CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta passes away
Veteran CPI leader and former MP Gurudas Dasgupta passed away on Thursday following a prolonged illness
Veteran CPI leader and former MP Gurudas Dasgupta passed away on Thursday following a prolonged illness , party sources said.
He was 83. Dasgupta is survived by his wife and daughter.
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He was suffering from lung cancer for last several months, West Bengal CPI secretary Swapan Banerjee said.
"He (Dasgupta) passed away at his home in Kolkata at 6 am. He was suffering from lung cancer for quite some time. Due to his poor health he had relinquished party posts but was a member of CPI national executive council," Banerjee said.
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Dasgupta, known for his oratory skills, is a veteran trade union leader of AITUC.
He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1985. He was also a member of the Lok Sabha from Panskura in 2004 and Ghatal in 2009.
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