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Tuesday, May 04, 2010 (14:50:01) |
| Tags : Tripura, CPI-M |
Left leader dies in Tripura |
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| Agartala, May 4: Ela Bhattacharjee, a leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and mother-in-law of Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, died here on Monday night. She was 89.
Bhattacharjee, a teacher-turned-Communist, was not keeping well for the past five years. She died at her residence at Krishnanagar here.
She is survived by a son and five daughters, a family source said today.
"She was suffering from various old-age ailments," the source said.
Bhattacharjee's daughter Panchali Bhattacharjee, wife of Manik Sarkar and a social activist, told media: "My mother was the first woman member of the Rajya Sabha from Tripura for six years (1980-1986)."
Ela Bhattacharjee had spearheaded the women's movement in Tripura for many years. The cremation was held today afternoon. (IANS) |
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