Kolkata Feb 21 PTI Veteran Trinamool Congress leader and senior West Bengal minister Sadhan Pande was cremated with state honours here on Monday He died in a Mumbai hospital on Sunday at the age of 71 after prolonged illness His mortal remains were brought to Kolkata on Sunday night His body was taken to his house in Kankurgachi area on Monday morning and then to the assembly where he was an elected legislator for eight terms Several members of the assembly including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee paid their last respects to Pande His body was later taken to Nimtolla crematorium in north Kolkata for the final rites Pande had represented Burtola and Maniktala constituencies He was ailing for the last one year He was retained as a cabinet minister after the TMC returned to power for the third consecutive term last year but was not allocated any portfolio due to his ill health The TMC leader was suffering from kidney ailments and he was shifted to Mumbai from state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata sometime back He was in a critical condition in the last few days party sources said Pande is survived by his daughter Shreya PTI DC ACD ACD

Kolkata Feb 20 PTI Veteran Trinamool Congress leader and senior West Bengal minister Sadhan Pande died at a hospital in Mumbai on Sunday following prolonged illness Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said He was 71 and is survived by his daughter Shreya Our senior colleague party leader and Cabinet Minister Sadhan Pande has passed away today morning at Mumbai Had a wonderful relation for long Deeply pained at this loss My heartfelt condolences to his family friends followers Banerjee tweeted In another condolence message the chief minister said that she has lost an elder and would miss his advice on various matters Pande was a five-time MLA from Burtola constituency in North Kolkata till 2011 when TMC came to power in the state and was elected from Maniktala seat since then The veteran TMC leader was ailing for the past one year He was retained as a cabinet minister after the the party returned to power for the third consecutive term last year but was not allocated any portfolio due to his ill health He was suffering from kidney ailments and he was shifted to Mumbai from state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata sometime back He was in a critical condition in the last few days party sources said Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar also condoled Pandes death tweeting Sad news- Deeply pained at passing away of Senior Cabinet Minister Sadhan Pande today morning at Mumbai Shared wonderful relationship and personal rapport with him beyond politics Heartfelt condolences to his family friends and followers RIP Om Shanti Om Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari expressed his condolences Saddened by the passing away of West Bengal Minister Shri Sadhan Pande ji My thoughts are with his bereaved family friends followers Prayers for the departed soul Om Shanti he said in a Twitter post BJP state spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya said that he was good friends with Pande despite ideological and political differences He was a nice person He had vast experience as a legislator and discharged with aplomb his responsibilities as minister including Consumer Affairs Department Bhattacharya said Party colleague Sovandeb Chatterjee said that Pande was a name to reckon with in North Kolkata politics and he had fought the CPIM in many movements He was very outspoken and never minced any word even before Mamata Banerjee during cabinet meetings the agriculture minister added PTI SUS ACD ACD

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 20 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee condoled the passing away of Cabinet Minister Sadhan Pande on Sunday in Mumbai.

Kolkata Senior West Bengal Minister Subrata Mukherjee was given the additional charge of the Consumer Affairs and Self-Help Group and Self Employment departments as per an official orderThe two portfolios were held by Sadhan Pande who is in hospital since mid-July with lung infectionPande would remain a minister in the Mamata Banerjee government but without a portfolio the order saidBesides the two new departments Mukherjee holds the portfolios of Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction and Panchayat and Rural DevelopmentThe condition of Pande the TMC MLA from Manicktala is quite critical hospital sources said