Former Chief Minister (CM) of West Bengal and veteran CPIM leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharya passed away Thursday morning at his residence in Kolkata’s Palm Avenue.
Buddhadeb, who had been suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for some years, was 80.
He is survived by his wife Mira and daughter Suchetana, Indian Express reports.It was in 2000 that he was made the chief minister when Jyoti Basu – the then longest serving chief minister in the country – stepped down due to his health. As CM, he led the Left Front to consecutive victories in the assembly polls in 2001 and 2006.
Buddhadeb was known as a reformist among the Left, especially for trying to bring in industrialisation to the state.
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