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.
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