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Kolkata, August 8: Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader passed away at the age of 80. He passed away on Thursday in Kolkata after a prolonged illness.
Bhattacharjee had been suffering from breathing difficulties and was hospitalized in July. He had been dealing with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) and other age-related health issues. His treatment was later managed at his home in Kolkata, where he breathed his last.
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee served as Chief Minister from November 2000 to May 2011 and was a member of the CPI(M) Politburo. He was the second and final CPI(M) leader to hold the position after Jyoti Basu.
In the 2011 assembly elections, Bhattacharjee’s CPI(M) was defeated by Mamata Banerjee’s TMC, bringing a close to a 34-year period of communist governance in West Bengal.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her condolences on X, stating, “Shocked and saddened by the sudden demise of the former Chief Minister Sri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. I have known him for last several decades and visited him a few times when he was ill and effectively confined to home in the last few years. My very sincere condolences to Meeradi and Suchetan at this hour of grief.”
Shocked and saddened by the sudden demise of the former Chief Minister Sri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. I have been knowing him for last several decades, and visited him a few times when he was ill and effectively confined to home in the last few years.
My very sincere condolences…
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) August 8, 2024
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari of BJP, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and others also expressed their condolences over demise of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
