West Bengal has declared seven-day mourning after the dying of Subrata Mukherjee. (File)
Kolkata:
Veteran Trinamool Congress chief Subrata Mukherjee was cremated with full state honours in Kolkata on Friday night, with political leaders chopping throughout occasion strains paying their final respect to him. The panchayat minister was given the gun salute on the Keoratola crematorium within the southern a part of town.
The state authorities declared seven-day mourning after the dying of the ailing 75-year-old minister following a large cardiac arrest at a state-run hospital on Thursday evening.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who had described the demise of former Kolkata mayor as a “huge private loss”, remained indoors as her nephew and Trinamool common secretary Abhishek Banerjee paid floral tribute to Mukherjee on the crematorium after which the final rites had been carried out.
Mukherjee was thought of the political mentor of Mamata Banerjee throughout her preliminary years in Chhatra Parishad, the coed wing of the Congress. “I will be unable to see Subrata-da’s physique,” she had informed reporters on Thursday.
Senior Trinamool Congress leaders Firhad Hakim and Arup Biswas, the Congress’ Abdul Mannan and Pradip Bhattacharya, in addition to Dilip Ghosh and Rahul Sinha of the BJP paid tributes to Mukherjee.
CPI(M) state secretary Surya Kanta Mishra and occasion spokesperson Sujan Chakraborty additionally paid their final respects to Mukherjee.
“I’ve grown up seeing Subrata-da. He was my childhood hero. There have been quite a few cases once I approached him for recommendation and he at all times guided me. I’ve misplaced my huge brother,” Mr Hakim informed PTI.
Mr Ghosh, vice-president of the BJP, stated, “His contribution to Bengal politics won’t ever be forgotten. He was the “Bhishma Pitamah” of Bengal politics. This can be a huge loss for all of us.”
In his condolence message, industrialist Sanjiv Goenka stated, “In Subrata Mukherjee, now we have misplaced an excellent and a really succesful chief. At a private degree, I had identified him for over 35 years. It is a very deep private loss.”
Mukherjee’s physique was stored at a mortuary on Thursday evening and from there it was first taken to Rabindra Sadan, a state-owned auditorium, on Friday.
1000’s of admirers and supporters of the veteran politician assembled at Rabindra Sadan to pay homage to their beloved chief.
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, Trade Minister Partha Chatterjee, Chief of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikary and different MLAs paid their final respect to Mukherjee on the meeting when Mukherjee’s physique had been taken there.
The physique was then taken to his Ballygunge residence and later to the “Ekdalia Evergreen” membership the place he has been taking part in a pivotal position in organising probably the most fashionable Durga Pujas of town.
1000’s of occasion staff and customary individuals took out a procession from Ballygunge space and escorted the hearse to the crematorium.
Mukherjee, who was hospitalised on October 24 following respiration issues, underwent angioplasty and two stents had been inserted inside his blocked arteries on November 1. He died at 9.22 pm on Thursday.
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