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Senior Journalist And Former Rajya Sabha MP, Chandan Mitra Passes Away, Tributes Pour In On Twitter

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Former Rajya Sabha MP and senior journalist Chandan Mitra passed away on Wednesday night in Delhi. He was 65 and had been ailing.

His son Kushan Mitra confirmed the death on Thursday morning. ‘Since it is already out there; Dad passed away late last night. He had been suffering for a while,’ he tweeted.

Mitra, who was nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha from August 2003 to 2009, had resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party on July 18, 2018. He then joined the Trinamool Congress.

Soon as the news broke Tributes started pouring in one Twitter.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted his Condolences

Shashi Tharoor, Senior Congress Leader

Swapan Dasgupta, Rajya Sabha MP

Rajdeep Sardesai, Consulting Editor, India Today

Vir Sanghvi, Senior Journalist

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