West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee confirmed that senior Trinamool Congress leader Subrata Mukherjee died on Thursday while being treated for cardiac ailments at a state-run hospital in Kolkata. Mukherjee, the state panchayat minister, was 75 years old. His wife is the only one who has survived him. Mukherjee oversaw three other departments as well.

According to state minister Firhad Hakim, the veteran politician who underwent angioplasty earlier this week died at 9.22 p.m. after suffering a massive cardiac arrest. While performing Kali Puja at her Kalighat residence, the chief minister paid a visit to the SSKM Hospital and announced that he was no longer alive.

On Friday, his body will be transported to Rabindra Sadan, a government-owned auditorium, where the public can pay their respects. Banerjee added that it will then be taken to his Ballygunge home and then to his ancestral home. The minister, according to hospital sources, had a'stent thrombosis,' which is one of the fatal complications of percutaneous coronary intervention.

Mukherjee, who was admitted to the hospital on October 24 for breathing problems, had two stents inserted into his blocked arteries on November 1, according to sources. He was afflicted with high blood sugar, COPD, and other age-related ailments.

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