Trinamool Congress’s Ashis Banerjee was found dead at a party office in Birbhum district near his residence in Rampurhat on Sunday morning.
He allegedly died by suicide as the police said a suicide note had been recovered from the spot.
Seventy-five-year-old Ashis was a five-time TMC MLA and had joined politics when he was a student at Burdwan University. he won the Rampurhat assembly seat five times in a row from 2001 to 2021 Although he was an associate lecturer of Bengali at Rampurhat College. He also served as a state agriculture minister in Mamata Banerjee’s cabinet and was the assembly’s deputy speaker from 2021 until May 2026.
“Many people joined politics inspired by him. This is a loss not just to Birbhum but to the entire West Bengal… “I sought his blessings after winning the seat. He was a five-time MLA from Rampurhat Asish Banerjee served as deputy speaker when Trinamool head Mamata Banerjee was chief minister.
Probably his name was maligned by the opposition party, according to his suicide note. An investigation should be held on the basis of the suicide note,” Samirul said. He did not appear to be a person who would die by suicide,” Saha said after Ashis’s death.
Earlier reporting noted: Asish Banerjee served as deputy speaker when Trinamool head Mamata Banerjee was chief minister. He was a five-time MLA from Rampurhat Earlier reporting noted: Asish Banerjee, the former deputy speaker of the West Bengal assembly, was found dead this morning at a Trinamool Congress’s office next to his house in Birbhum district’s Rampurhat city. Earlier reporting noted: Ex-Bengal deputy speaker Ashis Banerjee found dead at TMC office in Birbhum Former deputy speaker of Bengal assembly Ashis Banerjee was found dead at the Trinamool Congress office in Birbhum on Sunday, police said, news agency PTI reported.
