Bengal’s last communist CM (2000-11), defeated by Mamata, passes away | India News – Times of India
KOLKATA: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, 80, the first Left Front CM who wanted to give an industry- and investor-friendly face to Bengal and his party, passed away around 8.20 am on Thursday at his modest Palm Avenue flat in Kolkata following a cardiac arrest. He was 80 and is survived by wife Meera and son Suchetan.Bhattacharjee, a…