Veteran CPI leader and former MP Gurudas Dasgupta died on Thursday, 31 October following a prolonged illness, party sources said. He was 83.
Dasgupta is survived by his wife and daughter.
West Bengal CPI secretary Swapan Banerjee said, “He (Dasgupta) passed away at his home in Kolkata at 6 am. He was suffering from lung cancer for quite some time. Due to his poor health, he had relinquished party posts, though he continued to be a member of the national executive council of the CPI.”
A fiery orator who never shied away from raising issues concerning the masses and the working class both inside and outside parliament, Dasgupta was baptized into politics as a student leader during the tumultuous ‘50s and ‘60s.