West Bengal Minister Sadhan Pande Passes Away, Mamata Banerjee Offers Condolences
West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee condoled her Cabinet colleague’s demise.
New Delhi: West Bengal minister and senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sadhan Pande passed away in Maharashtra capital Mumbai this morning.
West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee condoled her Cabinet colleague’s demise.
“Our senior colleague, party leader and Cabinet Minister Sadhan Pande has passed away today morning at Mumbai. Had a wonderful relation for long. Deeply pained at this loss. My heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, followers,” she tweeted.
The TMC heavyweight was said to be suffering from severe lung infection.
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71-year-old Pande was the Minister for Consumer Affairs and Self-Help Group and Self-Employment in the West Bengal government.
He was also an MLA, elected from the Maniktala constituency in the 2011 West Bengal Assembly elections.
Previously, he was a Congress leader and six times elected MLA from Burtola till 2011.
After his defeat in the 1998 Lok Sabha elections from Calcutta North East, Pande left the Congress and joined the TMC.
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