Calling his death “an irreparable loss to the country’s political arena,” President Md Abdul Hamid said Suranjit played a significant role in framing the constitution.
“People will remember Suranjit Sengupta for his outstanding contribution to parliamentary politics,” he said in a message.
In her condolence message, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said: “The nation has lost a dedicated politician, and Awami League has lost a dedicated leader in his death.”
Jatiya Party President HM Ershad, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid and Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla also issued messages expressing grief and offering condolences.
“We have lost a man who led the struggle against fundamentalism and communalism at a time when we are fighting great evils,” JaSad President Inu said.
Suranjit was an inseparable part of Bangladesh’s history of struggle, he said.
Finanace Minister Muhith remarked that Suranjit was as old as Bangladeshi politics and there were very few politicians of his calibre left.
Menon remembered Suranjit as a figure who was always at the front lines of the movements for democracy.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhul Islam Alamgir said Suranjit had contributed much to consolidating democracy in Bangladesh.
Later his body was taken to Dhakeshwari Temple where people of different communities paid respect to him. Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu, Chief Justice SK Sinha, DSCC Mayor Sayeed Khokan, PM’s International Affairs Secretary Gowher Rizvi and the Indian deputy high commissioner among others went there.
His body was brought to the parliament around 3pm, where he was given a guard of hounor as the only civilian sub-sector commander in the sector 5 in the 1971 Liberation War.
The president and the prime minister paid their tributes.
On behalf of Awami League, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with the leaders paid tribute to him, followed by tributes by other political parties.
His only son Soumen Sengupta said his father was a progressive person and had struggled throughout his life for the people and for secularism.
At 4:40pm the parliament raised a condolence motion for Suranjit.
His body will be taken to sylhet on Monday morning at 10am. From there, he will be taken to Sunamganj and finally to his constituency in Dirai-Shalla, where his funeral will take place in the afternoon.Politicians said Bangladesh had lost one of its most experienced politicians and he would be remembered for his extraordinary contributions in formulating the constitution after independence.
The seven times elected lawmaker Suranjit Sengupta was pronounced dead by doctors at Dhaka’s Labaid Hospital early on Sunday, according to his personal secretary Kamrul Hasan.
Suranjit had been admitted there on Friday with lung infection and placed in the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) under the supervision of Professor Baren Chakrabarty.
Later in the night he was put on ventilation. He was declared dead at 4:24am. His death was preceded by prolonged complications of cancer.
Suranjit was 72. He left his wife Jaya Sengupta and only son Soumen.
Colleagues and followers rushed to the hospital at the news. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader came in at 7am at the hospital. He told the press he was at a loss for words at the death.
Suranjit was taken to his residence at Jigatola, where Speaker of the Parliament Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Sheikh Fazle Noor Tapas MP, Energy Adviser to the Prime Minister Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Chief Whip ASM Feroz, Awami League Publicity and Publication Secretary Hasan Mahmud, Swechchhasebak League President Pankaj Debnath and the top brass of the government and ruling party arrived to pay last respects. Civil Aviation Minister and Workers’ Party president Rashed Khan Menon and General Secretary Fazle Hossain Badsha MP, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President and Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, Sharif Nurul Ambia and his neighbours, party activists and followers also went there.
Calling his death “an irreparable loss to the country’s political arena,” President Md Abdul Hamid said Suranjit played a significant role in framing the constitution.
“People will remember Suranjit Sengupta for his outstanding contribution to parliamentary politics,” he said in a message.
In her condolence message, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said: “The nation has lost a dedicated politician, and Awami League has lost a dedicated leader in his death.”
Jatiya Party President HM Ershad, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid and Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla also issued messages expressing grief and offering condolences.
“We have lost a man who led the struggle against fundamentalism and communalism at a time when we are fighting great evils,” JaSad President Inu said.
Suranjit was an inseparable part of Bangladesh’s history of struggle, he said.
Finanace Minister Muhith remarked that Suranjit was as old as Bangladeshi politics and there were very few politicians of his calibre left.
Menon remembered Suranjit as a figure who was always at the front lines of the movements for democracy.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhul Islam Alamgir said Suranjit had contributed much to consolidating democracy in Bangladesh.
Later his body was taken to Dhakeshwari Temple where people of different communities paid respect to him. Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu, Chief Justice SK Sinha, DSCC Mayor Sayeed Khokan, PM’s International Affairs Secretary Gowher Rizvi and the Indian deputy high commissioner among others went there.
His body was brought to the parliament around 3pm, where he was given a guard of hounor as the only civilian sub-sector commander in the sector 5 in the 1971 Liberation War.
The president and the prime minister paid their tributes.
On behalf of Awami League, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with the leaders paid tribute to him, followed by tributes by other political parties.
His only son Soumen Sengupta said his father was a progressive person and had struggled throughout his life for the people and for secularism.
At 4:40pm the parliament raised a condolence motion for Suranjit.
His body will be taken to sylhet on Monday morning at 10am. From there, he will be taken to Sunamganj and finally to his constituency in Dirai-Shalla, where his funeral will take place in the afternoon.
Calling his death “an irreparable loss to the country’s political arena,” President Md Abdul Hamid said Suranjit played a significant role in framing the constitution.
“People will remember Suranjit Sengupta for his outstanding contribution to parliamentary politics,” he said in a message.
In her condolence message, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said: “The nation has lost a dedicated politician, and Awami League has lost a dedicated leader in his death.”
Jatiya Party President HM Ershad, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid and Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla also issued messages expressing grief and offering condolences.
“We have lost a man who led the struggle against fundamentalism and communalism at a time when we are fighting great evils,” JaSad President Inu said.
Suranjit was an inseparable part of Bangladesh’s history of struggle, he said.
Finanace Minister Muhith remarked that Suranjit was as old as Bangladeshi politics and there were very few politicians of his calibre left.
Menon remembered Suranjit as a figure who was always at the front lines of the movements for democracy.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhul Islam Alamgir said Suranjit had contributed much to consolidating democracy in Bangladesh.
Later his body was taken to Dhakeshwari Temple where people of different communities paid respect to him. Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu, Chief Justice SK Sinha, DSCC Mayor Sayeed Khokan, PM’s International Affairs Secretary Gowher Rizvi and the Indian deputy high commissioner among others went there.
His body was brought to the parliament around 3pm, where he was given a guard of hounor as the only civilian sub-sector commander in the sector 5 in the 1971 Liberation War.
The president and the prime minister paid their tributes.
On behalf of Awami League, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with the leaders paid tribute to him, followed by tributes by other political parties.
His only son Soumen Sengupta said his father was a progressive person and had struggled throughout his life for the people and for secularism.
At 4:40pm the parliament raised a condolence motion for Suranjit.
His body will be taken to sylhet on Monday morning at 10am. From there, he will be taken to Sunamganj and finally to his constituency in Dirai-Shalla, where his funeral will take place in the afternoon.