Former Bengal Deputy Speaker Asish Banerjee Found Dead at TMC Office

In the quiet of a Sunday morning in Rampurhat, a man who had spent decades shaping West Bengal's political landscape was found dead inside the very party office that had long been a symbol of his influence. Asish Banerjee — five-time MLA, former Deputy Speaker, and trusted ally of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee — leaves behind a career marked by decades of dominance and, most recently, a stinging electoral defeat at the hands of the BJP earlier this year. As investigators and medical examiners work to piece together the circumstances of his death, the event reminds us how swiftly the arc of a