Kolkata, Nov 2 (PTI) Former West Bengal minister Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay passed away at a city hospital here on Tuesday following prolonged illness, health department sources said. He was 82.

The two-time MLA from Bardhaman Dakshin had been diabetic and suffering from old age related illness.

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He was earlier the state Minister of Technical Education and Training, Science and Technology in Trinamool Congress' first government back in 2011.

Chattopadhyay, who was a Bengali professor and had worked for the Burdwan University for a long time, shifted to full-time politics for the TMC.

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He was elected MLA twice in 2011 and 2016 from Bardhaman Dakshin.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her grief over the demise of Chattopadhyay.

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