CPI-M leader Harkishan Singh Surjeet dead

Noida: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Harkishan Singh Surjeet died of multiple organ failure on Friday afternoon at the Metro Hospital in Noida.The 92-year-old leader had been in and out of hospital for several months now. Doctors said the immediate cause was a massive heart attack.Surjeet was admitted to the hospital on July 7. Last week, his condition deteriorated and he was put on a ventilator. The end came at 1335 hrs IST, Dr Purushottam Lal of the hospital said.He was seen as the pragmatist in the CPI-M and was valued for his ability to make alliances across the political spectrum.

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