The Communist leader played a crucial role in the movement for mass education in Tripura; Majumder entered politics by joining the undivided CPI in 1958.
While chit fund companies had earlier swindled millions of rupees from the people and rolled down shutters, action against them was among the major promises which catapulted the BJP to power in 2018.
Veteran Communist leader and former Tripura minister Keshab Majumder died here on Thursday after a prolonged illness, party and official sources said. He was 88.His wife had passed away five years ago, and he is survived by a son and a .