Veteran Bengal CPM leader Shyamal Chakraborty dies of coronavirus in Kolkata

Bengal CPI(M) leader Shyamal Chakraborty has passed away after suffering from coronavirus. Shyamal Chakraborty was a senior Union leader in West Bengal.

Manogya Loiwal
Kolkata
August 6, 2020
UPDATED: August 6, 2020 15:24 IST

Shyamal Chakraborty died after suffering from coronavirus. (Image: Twitter)

Bengal CPI(M) leader Shyamal Chakrabarty has passed away. Shyamal Chakraborty was suffering from coronavirus. The veteran politician passed away on Thursday afternoon at a Kolkata hospital.

Shyamal Chakraborty was a senior trade union leader in West Bengal.

CPI(M) has tweeted condolences on the demise of Shyamal Chakraborty. The party has said, "We express deep sadness at demise of Comrade Shyamal Chakraborty. He was a veteran TU leader, former minister & Central Committee member of the CPI(M). Today the working class and the left movement in the country has lost an important voice. We dip our flags in his memory."

Veteran CPIM leader and former #Bengal minister Shyamal Chakraborty dies of #Covid at a private hospital in #Kolkata. A prominent trade union leader who was at the helm of CITU in the state for long
— Indrajit Kolkata | (@iindrojit) August 6, 2020

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