Gaurishankar Dutt, the MLA from Nadia district’s Tehatta meeting constituency, succumbed to Covid on the age of 70 on Wednesday night.
He was just lately admitted to a personal hospital in Kolkata after being examined Covid optimistic.
He was a member of the All India Trinamool Congress since 1998.
In March 2021, he together with (*19*) Hansda had parted methods with TMC and shifted to Bharatiya Janata Party after being denied a ticket for the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.
Gauri Shankar was the president of Nadia district Trinamool for 7 years. Although he was an MLA from Tehatta in 2016, this time the Trinamool didn’t nominate him. Instead, MLA Tapash Saha was introduced from the adjoining meeting constituency of Palashipara to the Tehatta constituency. After that, he determined to vary events.
However, the BJP didn’t give him a ticket, so he remained in TMC.
West Bengal elections is within the final leg as voting is underway for the eighth Phase. The results of West Bengal election together with 3 different states and one Union Territory will probably be declared on May 2nd.
