{"id":8911,"date":"2020-06-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=8911"},"modified":"2020-06-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=8911","title":{"rendered":"Tamonash Ghosh, politician"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tamonash Ghosh, India’s Trinamool Congress legislator, passed away on June 24, 2020, due to Covi-19-related complications.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Ghosh, who tested positive for COVID-19, was undergoing treatment at a private health facility in Kolkata. The 60-year-old three-time MLA is survived by wife and two daughters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Mr. Ghosh represented Falta Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

“Very, very sad. Tamonash Ghosh, three-time MLA from Falta & party treasurer since 1998 had to leave us today. Been with us for over 35 years, he was dedicated to the cause of the people & party. He contributed much through his social work,” Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Ms Banerjee took to Twitter to express her condolences and said that the party leader “has left a void that will be difficult to fill”.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Mr. Ghosh is the first elected public representative in the State to succumb to the contagious viral infection.<\/p>\r\n<\/p>

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Tamonash Ghosh, India’s Trinamool Congress legislator, passed away on June 24, 2020, due to Covi-19-related complications. Ghosh, who tested positive for COVID-19, was undergoing treatment at a private health facility in Kolkata. The 60-year-old three-time MLA is survived by wife and two daughters. Mr. Ghosh represented Falta Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[47,3,7019],"tags":[1051,114,5746,113,792,6710,7767,6709,6224,6237,7766,6434,6435],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/Tamonash_Ghosh.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10462,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=10462","url_meta":{"origin":8911,"position":0},"title":"Tapan Ghosh, politician","date":"July 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Tapan Ghosh, the former RSS leader who had tested positive for COVID-19, died at a hospital on July 12, 2020. 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