Veteran leader of the CPIM and CITU in West Bengal, Comrade Shyamal Chakraborty succumbed to Covid-19 at a Kolkata hospital. He was 76. He had been a former CPIM MP as well as former Minister in the West Bengal cabinet, who had led the CITU in West Bengal.

Our condolences to Comrade Shyamals comrades and family members.