As a lawmaker he raised the Harshad Mehta scandal in Parliament and exposed several irregularities, but the 2G scam brought the best out of the lawmaker.
He was suffering from lung cancer for last several months, West Bengal CPI secretary Swapan Banerjee said.
AIBOA, the Indian National Bank Officers' Congress and the National Organisation of Bank Officers had called for a two-day strike opposing the amalgamation of banks
Unions are not recognised under the Trade Unions Act, originally enacted in 1926
The decision for the strike was announced at the National Convention of Workers in New Delhi on Friday
Experts cite 2012 violence at Maruti's Manesar plant as fallout of inexperienced union leadership
Left-leaning trade unions say they will proceed with the September 2 strike
Information technology professionals can set up trade unions. But the jury is out on whether they can be categorised under the workman category
The issue arose after TCS sacked employees in January 2015
In case no single union has a majority, a collective bargaining council will be formed with representation from all unions