Trinamool MLA Samaresh Das, 76, had tested positive for coronavirus.
Kolkata:
An MLA from West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress, who had tested positive for coronavirus, died at a hospital this morning. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has expressed her condolences over the death of Samaresh Das.
Samaresh Das, 76, was the MLA from Egra assembly constituency in East Midnapore district. He died at a hospital in East Midnapore.
Mr Das, a three-time MLA from Egra, had developed complications of heart and kidney, news agency PTI quoted party sources as saying.
In June, Trinamool Congress MLA Tamonash Ghosh, who too had tested positive for COVID-19, died in a hospital in West Bengal. Mr Ghosh was a three-time MLA from Falta assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district.
