"Today Amitava Nandy passed away at the age of 71. He was suffering from cancer in pancreas. He will be cremated tomorrow," CPI(M) state committee member Nepaldeb Bhattacharya said.
Nandy, a former state committee member of CPI(M), was MP from Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency from 2004-09. He lost to Trinamool Congress's Saugata Roy in 2009.
Nandy was presently a member of CPI(M) north 24 Parganas district secretariat.