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Mamata mourns ex-deputy speaker Asish Banerjee, flags political pressure
Asish Banerjee was a teacher who became an important politician in a place called West Bengal, in India.
He worked for his town, Rampurhat, for many years and was a leader in his party.
On Sunday morning, people found him at his party's office, and sadly, he had died.
A note was found near him that made people think he may have hurt himself.
The police are trying to find out exactly what happened, and doctors will examine his body.
Some of his leaders, like Mamata Banerjee, said other politicians were treating him very badly.
They think all the mean things said about him made him feel very sad and stressed.
The person running the state government says the note will be studied carefully so everyone can learn the truth.
Many people are very sad because he was a popular leader and teacher.
His friends and party members want people involved in politics to be kinder to each other.
Former West Bengal Assembly deputy speaker and five-term TMC MLA Asish Banerjee was found hanging at a TMC party office in Rampurhat, Birbhum, on Sunday morning.
A purported handwritten suicide note was recovered from the office and the body was sent for post-mortem.
Mamata Banerjee mourned him, saying he was 'repeatedly maligned, falsely accused and subjected to relentless pressure,' citing the 'human cost' of political hostility.
TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said the final note raises questions about a sustained smear campaign and alleged the BJP and sections of the media should reflect on it.
West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said the note's handwriting will be examined and expressed apprehension that corrupt elements within the TMC might have threatened him.
- Who
- Mamata Banerjee, TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, and the deceased former deputy speaker Asish Banerjee
- What
- Former West Bengal Assembly deputy speaker and five-term TMC MLA Asish Banerjee was found hanging at a TMC party office; a purported suicide note was recovered and leaders traded accusations about political pressure behind his death
- Where
- Rampurhat, Birbhum district, West Bengal
- When
- Sunday morning
- Why
- TMC leaders allege relentless political hostility and a smear campaign against Banerjee, while the state administration says the suicide note's handwriting will be examined and whether corrupt TMC elements threatened him will be investigated
TMC leadership view
State administration view
Cause of the pressure
TMC leadership view
Asish Banerjee was repeatedly maligned, falsely accused and subjected to relentless political hostility, including a sustained smear campaign by the BJP and sections of the media.
State administration view
There is apprehension that corrupt elements within the TMC might have threatened him, and this is being investigated.
The suicide note
TMC leadership view
The final note raises serious and troubling questions about the sustained smear campaign he said he endured and the human consequences of words and actions.
State administration view
The handwritten note found on his letterhead pad will be investigated and its handwriting examined to establish the facts.
Key facts
- Deceased
- Asish Banerjee, five-term TMC MLA from Rampurhat and former Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly
- Found
- Hanging at a TMC party office in Hattala Para, near his residence in Rampurhat, Birbhum
- Evidence
- Purported handwritten suicide note on his letterhead pad recovered; body sent for post-mortem
- Former roles
- Deputy Speaker; ministerial portfolios including school education and agriculture (one report) and AYUSH and agriculture (another); professor at Rampurhat College; ex-chairman of TMC's Birbhum district core committee
- Electoral record
- Represented Rampurhat continuously from 2001 to 2026; lost the seat to BJP's Dhruba Saha
- Mourned by
- Mamata Banerjee and TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee
- Investigation
- Circumstances under investigation; Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari says the handwriting of the note will be examined
- Political context
- Banerjee stepped down as TMC Birbhum district core committee chairman in June, weeks after the party's Assembly election defeat
Quotes
Abhishek Banerjee
Trinamool Congress national general secretary and brother of Mamata Banerjee
“The passing of Asish Banerjee has left me deeply disturbed, and yet, despite the work he did, he was repeatedly maligned, falsely accused and subjected to relentless pressure.”
telegraphindia.com
thehansindia.com
“The handwritten suicide note that has been recovered on Ashish Banerjee's letterhead pad will be investigated. The handwriting will also be examined.”
telegraphindia.com
Sources
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