Ex-chairman of Bidhannagar Municipality passes away
Times of India | 6 June 2025
Kolkata: Biswajiban Majumdar, the former chairman of the erstwhile Bidhannagar Municipality, which has now been upgraded into a municipal corporation, passed away on Thursday. He was 90.Majumdar, who was also a retired college principal, was elected the chairman of the then left-run Bidhannagar Municipality after the civic elections in 2005. He headed the board of councillors for the five-year term until 2010.Majumdar's mortal remains were brought to the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) headquarters, Poura Bhavan, on Thursday afternoon. Fire & emergency services minister and Bidhannagar MLA Sujit Bose, BMC mayor Krishna Chakraborty, along with BMC councillors and other BMC officials, paid their last respects to the former civic chief. tnn