GUWAHATI, July 15: Former Congress MLA and a social worker Kandarpa Kumar Das passed away after a brief illness in a city hospital last night.
He was 84. He was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly from Sarukhetri constituency in 1972.
A Congress worker since his college days, he went on to become president of All Assam Youth Congress, president of Barpeta District Congress and vice-president of Assam State Congress.
He leaves behind his wife, two sons and two daughters.