Asish Banerjee was a five-time Trinamool Congress MLA
Kolkata:
Asish Banerjee, the former deputy speaker of the West Bengal assembly, was found dead this morning at a Trinamool Congress’s office next to his house in Birbhum district’s Rampurhat city.
His body, which was found hanging, was sent for postmortem, the police said.
Asish Banerjee served as deputy speaker when Trinamool head Mamata Banerjee was chief minister. He was a five-time MLA from Rampurhat.
He lost to BJP’s Dhruba Saha in the state election earlier this year.
He lived in the Hattalapara neighbourhood in Rampurhat. A large crowd had gathered outside the party office when they heard his body had been found.
A large crowd gathers outside Asish Banerjee’s house after hearing about his death
Asish Banerjee served as Bengal education and agriculture minister since Mamata Banerjee came to power for the first time many years ago.
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