Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the tragic hero of Bengal’s Left politics, dies at 80

Kolkata: With the death of 80-year-old Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee at his frugal two-room government apartment in south Kolkata’s Palm Avenue on Thursday morning, West Bengal lost its last communist chief minister. More...

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was West Bengal’s Renaissance man: Prakash Karat

Former Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat was one of many political leaders who were close to late West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. Here’s what the Left More...

Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee passes away at 80

Aug 08, 2024 11:15 AM IST Bhattacharjee served as the chief minister for two consecutive terms from May 2001 before the debacle CPI(M)-led Left Front faced in the 2011 assembly polls Communist Party of More...