Overview
- Officials said Sen died at a private hospital in Bengaluru after months of treatment following an August 8 cerebral stroke and emergency surgery in Tripura.
- His body will be brought back to Tripura on Saturday, and the state announced three days of mourning with government offices and schools closed on Friday.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences, praising Sen’s contributions to Tripura, and Chief Minister Manik Saha called the loss irreparable.
- Sen’s son, Dr Arijit Sen, said the choice to continue treatment in Bengaluru was the family’s decision and urged against politicizing it.
- Sen served as Speaker since March 24, 2023, was Deputy Speaker from 2018 to 2023, won four terms from Dharmanagar, and shifted from Congress to the BJP in 2017.