<div dir="auto">Gaurishankar Dutt, the MLA from Nadia district's Tehatta assembly constituency, succumbed to Covid at the age of 70 on Wednesday evening.&nbsp;</div> <div dir="auto">&nbsp;</div> <div dir="auto">He was recently admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata after being tested Covid positive.</div> <div dir="auto"><a title="Also Read|Bengal Election Results: EC Issues New Guidelines, Makes Negative Covid Report Mandatory For Entering Counting Hall" href="https://ift.tt/3vpBMCo style="color: #e03e2d;"><strong>Also Read|Bengal Election Results: EC Issues New Guidelines, Makes Negative Covid Report Mandatory For Entering Counting Hall</strong></span></a></div> <div dir="auto">&nbsp;</div> <div dir="auto">He was a member of the All India Trinamool Congress since 1998.&nbsp;</div> <div dir="auto">&nbsp;</div> <div dir="auto">In March 2021, he along with Bachchu Hansda had parted ways with TMC and shifted to Bharatiya Janata Party after being denied a ticket for the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.</div> <div dir="auto">&nbsp;</div> <div dir="auto">Gauri Shankar was the president of Nadia district Trinamool for 7 years. Although he was an MLA from Tehatta in 2016, this time the Trinamool did not nominate him. Instead, MLA Tapash Saha was brought from the adjoining assembly constituency of Palashipara to the Tehatta constituency. After that, he decided to change parties.&nbsp;</div> <div dir="auto">&nbsp;</div> <div dir="auto">However, the BJP did not give him a ticket, so he remained in TMC.</div> <div dir="auto">&nbsp;</div> <div dir="auto">West Bengal elections is in the last leg as voting is underway for the 8th Phase. The result of West Bengal election along with 3 other states and one Union Territory will be declared on May 2nd.</div>

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