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Veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, has passed away at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Delhi. He was 72. Dasmunsi, suffered the heart attack in July 2008 on way to Kolkata from Malda district in north West Bengal, and had gone into a state of coma. Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi is survived by his wife Deepa, and son Priyadeep.
By Pallab Ghosh
Veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, has passed away at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Delhi. He was 72.
Dasmunsi, suffered the heart attack in July 2008 on way to Kolkata from Malda district in north West Bengal, and had gone into a state of coma. After being initially treated at Calcutta’s Apollo Gleneagles hospital where he underwent angioplasty to unblock two blood vessels. After a week at AIIMS, he was shifted to Apollo Hospital and remained there for nearly a year, before being air-lifted to Germany.
He was brought to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) casualty on October 12, after he complained of breathlessness and severe chest pain. Doctors treating him had said that he suffered a heart attack on way to the hospital. Doctors said he had suffered a complete left ventricular failure of the heart before he was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi (AIIMS) and subsequently shifted to Apollo Hospital and remained there for nearly a year, before being air-lifted to Germany. Again brought back to India and was admitted at the Apollo Hospital in Delhi.
Dasmunsi was a member of Parliament from 1999 to 2009. He served as the Union minister of parliamentary affairs and the minister of information and broadcasting from 2004 to 2008, during the first term of the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government.He represented the Raiganj constituency in West Bengal in the Lok Sabha. After his hospitalisation, the Congress fielded his wife, Deepa Dasmunsi, from the constituency in 2009. In 2014, the Trinamool Congress roped in his brother Satyaranjan Dasmunsi to face-off against Deepa.
Being an ardent admirer of Football and Mohun Bagan Club Dasmunsi had a deep connection with the sport. He also served as the President of the All India Football Federation for almost 20 years. Dasmunsi was the first Indian to serve as a match commissioner in a FIFA World Cup game.
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi is survived by his wife Deepa, and son Priyadeep.
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