Former Assam CM Bhumidhar Barman passes away
Former Assam CM Bhumidhar Barman passes away
Former Assam Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Dr Bhumidhar Barman passed away on Sunday after a prolonged illness.
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Former Assam Chief Minister Bhumidhar Barman (Photo: Twitter)
Former Assam chief minister and senior Congress leader Dr Bhumidhar Barman passed away on Sunday evening at a private hospital in Assam’s Guwahati.
The 91-year-old veteran Congress leader was admitted to a private hospital in Guwahati on March 13 due to old-age ailments. He had been on ventilation in the hospital ICU for the past several days.
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal expressed condolences on the death of the veteran Congress leader.
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Dr. Bhumidhar Barman passes awayFormer Chief Minister of Assam and senior Congress leader Dr. Bhumidhar Barman is no more. He was 91. The octogenarian political leader passed away today evening after a brief illness. He was also former health minister during the chief ministership of late Hiteswar Saikia from 1991 to 1996. After the demise of Saikia, Dr. Barman was elavated as the chief minister of the state for a brief while.
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Veteran Congress leader and former Assam Chief Minister Bhumidhar Barman died here on Sunday evening after protracted illness, Congress leaders said. He was 89.
He is survived by a son and a daughter. His wife had predeceased him.
Congress sources said that the veteran leader had been on ventilator support at the ICU of Dispur Hospital for the last 28 days.
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Barman, a member of the Assam Assembly seven times since 1967, held the Chief Minister s chair twice - once between April 22, 1996, and May 14, 1996, after the death of then Chief Minister Hiteshwar Saikia, and then, again in 2010, when then Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi was on leave on medical grounds.
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Veteran Congress Leader Dr Bhumidhar Barman Hospitalized, CM Sonowal Assures Support
Veteran Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Assam Dr Bhumidhar Barman has been admitted to a private hospital in critical condition.
| 9 April 2021 7:51 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on April 9 visited Dispur Hospital in Guwahati to take stock of the health condition of the former chief minister and senior Congress leader Bhumidhar Barman.
The former minister was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday and is under treatment at ICU.
Further Sonowal on his Twitter handle wrote, Visited former Assam CM, Dr Bhumidhar Barman at Dispur Hospital in Guwahati this morning and enquired about his health. I pray for the speedy recovery of the veteran leader and assure all necessary support for his treatment.