Former Bengal minister Manab Mukherjee dies

PTI, Nov 29, 2022, 6:16 PM IST

Image Courtesy; Twitter/CPI (M)

Kolkata: Former West Bengal minister and veteran CPI(M) leader Manab Mukherjee died here on Tuesday after suffering a cardiac arrest, a party release said.

Mukherjee, 67, breathed his last while being taken to a hospital following a heart attack, it said.

He was a minister in the Left Front government from 1996 to 2011 and held various portfolios, including tourism, environment, and information technology.

Comrade Manab Mukherjee Laal Salam

Com. Manab Mukherjee, Former CPI(M) State Secretariat Member , Former Minister passed away today. He started his political journey with the Student Movement. Later he was successively elected from Beleghata from 1988 to 2011. We dip our flag. pic.twitter.com/Hj9pZPT4lq

— CPI (M) (@cpimspeak) November 29, 2022

Mukherjee was an MLA from the Beleghata constituency in east Kolkata from 1987 to 2011, the CPI(M) release said.

He is survived by wife and daughter.