CPI(M) MLA Samir Deb Sarkar passes away

Senior Communist leader and sitting CPI(M) MLA Samir Deb Sarkar died here today after suffering from cancer at the Gobinda Ballav Panth hospital.
He was 67, a bachelor and is survived by three sisters and four brothers.
Deb Sarkar first became MLA from the Khowai constituency in 1983 and won from the seat for consecutive six times.
A former leader of the Student Federation of India, he joined CPI-M in 1976.
Deb Sarkar was a state committee member of the Tripura CPI(M) and Chief Whip of the party in the Assembly.