In Rampurhat, West Bengal, the body of Asish Banerjee — a five-term legislator and former deputy speaker who had recently resigned from party leadership and lost his legislative seat — was discovered Sunday inside a Trinamool Congress office, a purported suicide note nearby. His death arrives at the intersection of personal defeat and political upheaval, a moment when the party he had served for decades suffered historic losses in the very district he once helped anchor. It is a reminder that the weight of power, when it recedes, does not always recede quietly.
Former Bengal Deputy Speaker Found Dead at TMC Office
Asish Banerjee, a prominent five-term legislator and former deputy speaker, died by apparent suicide following recent political setbacks and party resignations.