Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee passes away: Former Chief Minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, has passed away at the age of 80 in Kolkata.
Bhattacharjee passed away at his residence in Kolkata’s Ballygunge at 8.20 am, his family confirmed on Thursday.
Bhattacharjee had been away from public life for the past few years due to his health. He stepped down from the CPI(M)’s politburo and the central committee in 2015 and gave up membership of the state secretariat in 2018. Last year, he had to be put on life support after he contracted pneumonia. But the veteran CPM leader made a comeback.
He served as the chief minister of West Bengal from 2000 to 2011 and had been suffering from COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and other old age-related ailments for quite some time.
He rarely left home in the last few years and was last seen outside in 2019 when he went to a CPI(M) rally but could not attend due to a dust allergy and returned home.