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Veteran Indian Communist leader passes away at 92

Xinhua, January 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

Veteran Communist Party of India leader Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan passed away at a hospital in the national capital late Saturday night, at the age of 92.

The Communist leader was admitted to the hospital, following a paralytic stroke last month. Doctors treating him said he was not keeping well and his condition worsened over the past few days.

"Bardhan died at 8:20 p.m. (local time). He had a brain stroke due to blockage in the middle cerebral artery. He was in coma," Dr Vinod Puri, director of the hospital, told media.

Bardhan, who was a leading figure in the country's trade union movement, is credited for steering the party through the turbulent period of coalition politics in India in the 1990s.

His hard work and dedication made him rose to the position of the general secretary of the Communist Party and president of the All India Trade Union Congress, the oldest such body in India.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled the Communist leader's death.

"Will always remember Shri AB Bardhan as a passionate Communist, fully committed to his ideology & principles. May his soul rest in peace," Modi tweeted. Endit