Asish Banerjee , the former deputy speaker of the West Bengal assembly and a five-time Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA, was found dead at the party’s office next to his house in Birbhum this morning, with the police recovering a purported hand-written suicide note.
Earlier reporting noted: Ex-Bengal deputy speaker Ashis Banerjee found dead at TMC office in Birbhum Former deputy speaker of Bengal assembly Ashis Banerjee was found dead at the Trinamool Congress office in Birbhum on Sunday, police said, news agency PTI reported. He had also served as the deputy speaker of the Assembly and held ministerial portfolios, including school education and agriculture, in the Mamata Banerjee government. His death comes months after Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool lost power in Bengal following its 15-year rule, with the BJP forming the government for the first time in the state.
Earlier reporting noted: A purported suicide note has also been recovered from the party office which located near his residence in Rampurhat, police said.
Earlier reporting noted: The TMC MLA had resigned from the post of chairman of party’s Birbhum district core committee in June, weeks after the Mamata Banerjee-led party faced crushing defeat at the hands of the BJP in assembly elections.
Asish Banerjee was found dead at Trinamool’s office next to his house in West Bengal’s Birbhum.
In the purported one-page note in Bengali, the 74-year-old allegedly wrote that no one was responsible for his death and said he felt that entering politics had been a mistake.
He also told his family members not to get involved in politics in the future. Banerjee mentioned the Tarapith-Rampurhat Development Authority (TRDA) and said he had no role in its tender-related decisions, cheque issuance, plan approvals or no-objection certificates.
