In the town of Rampurhat, within the political heartland of Birbhum, a man who once presided over the West Bengal Legislative Assembly as Deputy Speaker was found dead inside the very party office that had defined his public life. Asish Banerjee's passing — apparent by his own hand, a note left behind — arrives not in isolation, but as the second such death of a Trinamool Congress figure within two months, inviting a quieter and more troubling question about what burdens those who serve power are asked to carry alone.
Former Bengal Deputy Speaker Found Dead at TMC Office in Birbhum
One death of prominent political figure; body found hanging at party office premises.