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Former Bihar, West Bengal and Tripura governor Devanand Konwar passes away

| @indiablooms | Apr 25, 2020, at 12:08 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Former Bihar, West Bengal, Tripura governor and veteran politician Devanand Konwar died on Saturday.

He was 77 years old.

The veteran politician was passed away at his own residence at Rukminigaon area in Guwahati at around 2-30 am on Saturday.

Family members said he was under treatment in hospital and released from hospital on Friday.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has expressed grief over demise of the veteran politician.

Sonowal tweeted: “Saddened to learn about the demise of former Governor of Bihar, WB & Tripura and former Assam Minister Devananda Konwar. My sincere condolences to bereaved family members and well-wishers.”

(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)

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