Bankura: Kashinath Mishra, a Trinamool Congress MLA from Bankura, died at state-run SSKM hospital in Kolkata on Tuesday after a protracted illness, his family said.
Mishra was 68 and is survived by his wife and a daughter.
A five-time MLA from Bankura, Mishra, who switched over to Trinamool Congress from Congress in 1998, was first elected to the state Assembly in 1971.
A former president of Bankura INTUC unit, Mishra was associated with several educational institutions and social welfare organisations of Bankura district.
The body will be brought here from Kolkata for the last rights, the family said.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 16:03