Mortal remains of Subrata Mukherjee consigned to flames

Kolkata, Nov 5 (UNI) Mortal remains of veteran politician and West Bengal Panchayat Minister
Subrata Mukherjee were consigned to flames with full State honours on Friday.
Seventy-five-year-old Panchayat Minister Subrata Mukherjee, widely known as the political
mentor of Mamata Banerjee, passed away at the SSKM Hospital last night following a cardiac
attack.
He was 75 and is survived by his wife.
Hundreds of people, followers, politicians including those from the opposition were seen in
the queue to have a last view of their leader today, who became the youngest (Congress) MLA
in 1971 in volatile West Bengal when the trigger happy Naxalites were threats to the mainstream
political leaders.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee condoled the demise of her political guru, who was a
seasoned politician and proficient administrator.
Mukherjee also held the Mayoral post of Kolkata Municipal corporation.
His political career spanned over five decades, beginning with Congress and later with the TMC.
He was considered a political mentor of Mamata Banerjee during her initial years in Chhatra Parishad in Jogamaya College.
Mukherjee, born in 1946 in South 24 Parganas district, and began his political career in the
1960s as a student leader when West Bengal had its first non-Congress government.