Ailing West Bengal minister for transport and sports, Subhas Chakraborty passed away today at 11.40 am at a private hospital in the city.

Chakraborty, a senior CPI(M) leader and close to party patriarch Jyoti Basu, was ill for some time and was hospitalised on July 27 with pneumonitis and low blood platelet count.

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Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Left Front chairman Biman Bose and other party leaders visited the ailing minister at the hospital this morning.

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