Big loss: CM Mamata Banerjee's close aide passed away this morning

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's close aide Manik Majumdar passed away on Saturday (January 2) morning. Majumdar handled her and Trinamool Congress' operations at her Kalighat office for almost four decades.

Majumdar had tested positive for COVID-19 several weeks ago, as per reports by Zee News.

The Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo took to social media and expressed her condolence on his demise.

I am deeply saddened and pained to have lost a dearest colleague of over four decades, Manik (da) Majumdar. His ever-smiling face at my office in Kalighat, where he worked diligently and quietly, will be deeply missed by us all.

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) January 2, 2021

"I am deeply saddened and pained to have lost a dearest colleague of over four decades, Manik (da) Majumdar. His ever-smiling face at my office in Kalighat, where he worked diligently and quietly, will be deeply missed by us all," she wrote.

The party has cancelled all press conferences scheduled for today.