Aug 08, 2024 11:15 AM IST
Bhattacharjee served because the chief minister for 2 consecutive phrases from Might 2001 earlier than the debacle CPI(M)-led Left Entrance confronted within the 2011 meeting polls
Communist Occasion of India (Marxist) or CPI(M) chief and former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee handed away in Kolkata on Thursday. He was 80.
Bhattacharjee, who lived in a small two-room authorities residence in south Kolkata’s Ballygunge space, suffered from persistent obstructive pulmonary illness and had been largely confined to his dwelling over the previous couple of years. He had been out and in of hospital in south Kolkata, the place he was rushed to final 12 months in essential situation earlier than his situation improved. Bhattacharjee was admitted to the identical hospital in Might 2021 with a Covid-19 an infection. He was launched after seven days.
Bhattacharjee is survived by his spouse, Mira, and daughter Suchetana. He died round 8:20 am after his situation deteriorated early morning. An avid reader, Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez was one in every of his favourites.
In the course of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the CPI(M) launched an AI-generated speech of Bhattacharjee wherein he urged the voters to reject each the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
CPI(M) chief Md Salim mentioned Bhattacharjee had donated his physique and that his funeral will probably be held on Friday.
Bhattacharjee served because the chief minister for 2 consecutive phrases from Might 2001 earlier than the debacle CPI(M)-led Left Entrance confronted within the 2011 meeting polls. He took over from Jyoti Basu who was on the helm within the state from 1977. CPI(M) dominated West Bengal uninterruptedly from 1977-2011.
In 2022, Bhattacharjee declined to simply accept the third-highest civilian award Padma Bhushan after the Union authorities launched the record of the awardees. He mentioned he didn’t know something in regards to the award and that no one mentioned something to him about it. Bhattacharjee’s predecessor, Jyoti Basu, additionally refused the Bharat Ratna award when the Manmohan Singh authorities reportedly proposed to confer the award on the communist chief. No CPI(M) chief has accepted civilian awards from the Union authorities.
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