APCC President Anjan Dutta passes away at AIIMS in Delhi

New Delhi: Anjan Dutta, the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President died on Thursday morning at 0700 hours due to cardiac failure at AIIMS in Delhi.

• Dutta was 64 years old and had been hospitalised several times due to severe chest infection.
• Dutta was appointed as the APCC President on December 13, 2014.
• On May 25, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi had also visited the senior politician at AIIMS.
• Anjan Dutta was appointed as the MLA of Amguri constituency in Assam for three times.
• He was also the minister of Transport in Assam.