CPM central panel member dies in Kolkata

The former state minister and parliamentarian, who was in Kolkata to attend the party's Central Committee meeting, died at Tripura Bhavan at around 3.30 am.

CPIM Central Committee pays homage to Khagen Das (Twitter)

CPM central committee member and Chairman of Tripura’s ruling Left Front Khagen Das died of a massive heart attack early on Sunday in Kolkata, family and party sources said. He was 79 and is survived by his wife and two daughters.

The former state minister and parliamentarian, who was in Kolkata to attend the party’s Central Committee meeting, died at Tripura Bhavan at around 3.30 am.

CPM announced that the party’s flag would remain at half mast on Sunday and Monday and all party programmes in Tripura were suspended for the two days to mourn his death.

Khagen Das (Twitter)

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, CPM General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, Politburo member Prakash Karat and other party leaders paid tributes to the late in Kolkata. Das was elected as an MLA in 1978 and 1983 from Majlishpur constituency in Tripura.

He was a member of the Rajya Sabha in 1998-2002 and in 2002 he was elected to the Lok Sabha from West Tripura constituency and repeatedly won from the constituency till 2014. PTI

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