Veteran Communist leader Anil Sarkar dies at 76

He was suffering from different old-age related health problems including diabetes, cardiac and urinary problems and died yesterday at AIIMS.

He is a former minister and sitting MLA who won the state elections for consecutive eight terms and was also the first state secretary of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI).

Chief Minister Manik Sarkar in his condolence said, “Sarkar had versatile qualities. He was a poet, an orator, a good organizer. His demise is an irreparable loss for the party.”

Tripura government declared a holiday today and the CPI-M party has declared three-day mourning in the state.