Asish Banerjee, who gave twenty-five years of his life to representing Rampurhat in the West Bengal Assembly and rose to serve as Deputy Speaker, was found dead inside a Trinamool Congress office in Birbhum district — a building that stood beside his own home. His passing comes months after the 2026 elections ended his unbroken five-term tenure, a loss that severed a political identity he had carried for a quarter-century. The circumstances remain unresolved, and the questions his death raises speak to the fragile human architecture beneath even the most enduring public careers.
Ex-Bengal Deputy Speaker Asish Banerjee Found Hanging at TMC Office
One death: Asish Banerjee, prominent political figure and former deputy speaker, found dead at party office.