Veteran Marxist leader and former CPI(M) leader Samar Mukherjee passed away on Thursday. The bachelor politician who lived in a CPI(M) commune was suffering from old age ailments. He was 100.
The veteran Marxist was born in 1913 and joined the CPI in 1940 working with the likes of BT Randive, PC Joshi, AK Gopalan.
“Known for his austere life style, the three-time Howrah MP was an excellent orator and the people of Bengal will remember him for ages,” Gautam Deb, senior CPI(M) leader, said. Mukherjee’s body like Jyoti Basu would be donated for medical research as per his last wishes, party sources said.