He was a former minister in the Congress-Tripura Upajati Juba Samity alliance government (1988-1993). He died at a Kolkata hospital on Wednesday midnight.
He is survived by a daughter and wife.His body was brought here from Kolkata on Thursday afternoon and after paying tributes at the Civil Secretariat, Assembly, BJP party offices and after that a condolence rally with the body went around the Agartala city before cremation at the Battala mass cremation ground with full state honour.
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, BJP President J P Nadda, CPI-M Tripura state secretary Jitendra Choudhury, state Congress President Ashish Kumar Saha and many other leaders condoled the death.
He was for a short period in Trinamool Congress before joining the BJP in 2017.
Before joining the Congress in 1979, Datta was a member of CPI-M’s youth and student wing.
Source: Economic Times
