Gurudas Dasgupta, senior leader of Communist Party of India passed away on Thursday morning in Kolkata. He was 83.
Dasgupta has been a long time member of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, and a labour union leader.
Born in 1936, he joined the Left movement at a very young age. He became a member of the Rajya Sabha in 1985. In 2001, he was elected general secretary of All India Trade Union Congress, the labour wing of the CPI. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2004 from Panskura constituency in East Midnapore. He won a second term in 2009 from Ghatal in the same district.
Born in 1936, he joined the Left movement at a very young age. He became a member of the Rajya Sabha in 1985. In 2001, he was elected general secretary of All India Trade Union Congress, the labour wing of the CPI. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2004 from Panskura constituency in East Midnapore. He won a second term in 2009 from Ghatal in the same district.
Dasgupta was also a member of the joint parliamentary committee in the much talked about 2G-spectrum case when Manmohan Singh was Prime Minister.
The case generated much attention across the country in which Manmohan Singh and the then government at the Centre were accused of irregularities. Dasgupta played an important role in the case.
He was a popular leader and loved by politicians across the country, whether they belonged to the Left parties or belonged to different political ideologies.
He was a popular leader and loved by politicians across the country, whether they belonged to the Left parties or belonged to different political ideologies.
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