<p>Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday condoled the passing away of party's West Bengal unit president Somen Mitra and said that he will be remembered with "love, fondness and respect".</p>.<p>Mitra passed away at a Kolkata hospital early Thursday. He was 78.</p>.<p>"All my love and support to family and friends of Somen Mitra at this difficult time. We will remember him with love, fondness and respect," Gandhi said in a tweet.</p>.<p>Mitra passed away around 1.30 am following a cardiac arrest, the hospital sources said, adding that he had tested negative for Covid-19. He is survived by his wife and son.</p>.<p>A three-time president of the Congress West Bengal unit from 1992-1996, 1996-1998 and then again from September 2018, Mitra was a seven-term MLA from the Sealdah assembly constituency.</p>
<p>Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday condoled the passing away of party's West Bengal unit president Somen Mitra and said that he will be remembered with "love, fondness and respect".</p>.<p>Mitra passed away at a Kolkata hospital early Thursday. He was 78.</p>.<p>"All my love and support to family and friends of Somen Mitra at this difficult time. We will remember him with love, fondness and respect," Gandhi said in a tweet.</p>.<p>Mitra passed away around 1.30 am following a cardiac arrest, the hospital sources said, adding that he had tested negative for Covid-19. He is survived by his wife and son.</p>.<p>A three-time president of the Congress West Bengal unit from 1992-1996, 1996-1998 and then again from September 2018, Mitra was a seven-term MLA from the Sealdah assembly constituency.</p>