Dhaka – Veteran Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta died at Labaid Hospital in the city early Sunday. He was 71.Suranjit breathed his last around 4:24am, said AL general secretary Obaidul Quader.He was admitted to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of the hospital on February 3.Suranjit’s body was being taken to his Zigatola residence in the city and it will be taken the South Plaza of the National Parliament around 3pm for paying homage by MPs and leaders.The body will then be taken to Sylhet around 9am on Monday, Quader said.Later, it will be taken to Suranjit’s ancestral home in Dirai upazila of Sumanganj around 3pm for funeral, he added.”He (Suranjit) was a lively person in our political history. I think he was a number one parliamentarian. A huge vacuum has been created with his death,” Quader said while briefing journalists.Meanwhile, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock at the death of Suranjit Sengupta, an MP from Sunamganj-2 constituency as well as the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry.UNB
