Hundreds bid adieu to Bhattacharjee
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Bhattacharjee was suffering from old age-related ailments
Bhattacharjee served as the chief minister of West Bengal from 2000 to 2011
He was the second and last CPI (M) leader who served as the CM of West Bengal, succeeding Jyoti Basu
In 2011 assembly polls, Bhattacharjee-led CPI (M) lost to Mamata Banerjee-led TMC, which ended a 34-year communist rule in West Bengal
Several political leaders including West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee offered their condolences on Bhattacharjee`s demise
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