Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday condoled the death of departed former Union Minister and Congress leader PR Dasmunshi saying his demise is an “irreparable loss to politics.”
The Chief Minister who announced half-a-day’s leave in all Government offices said the Dasmunshi’s death was a great loss. “I am deeply saddened by his death,” she said extending her “deep condolences to members of his family, well wishers and party workers.”
The leader died in Delhi on Monday noon. Dasmunshi, apart from senior Bengal Minister Subroto Mukherjee were two Congress leaders who were instrumental in the rise of Banerjee, then a youth Congress leader.
It was upon Mukherjee’s recommendation and Dasmunshi’s endorsement that Banerjee was given ticket to contest Parliamentary elections against CPI(M) stalwart Somnath Chatterjee in the early eighties. The defeat of Chatterjee in the elections pitch forked Banerjee in the horizon of Bengal politics.
Dasmunshi’s body would be preserved at Kolkata on Tuesday where after he would be flown off to Raiganj-Kaliagnaj his home town and a Parliamentary seat he won thrice.