<p>Outgoing MLA of the Trinamool Congress, Gouri Sankar Dutta, died due to Covid-19 at a private hospital here on Monday night, a senior doctor said.</p>.<p>Dutta (70), who had recently joined the BJP after being denied a poll ticket by the party, had tested positive for the contagion 10 days back following which he was admitted to a district hospital, he said.</p>.<p>The MLA was brought to the private hospital in Kolkata after his condition deteriorated.</p>.<p>"His condition continued deteriorating and never improved. He also had comorbidity issues. He died tonight," the doctor said.</p>.<p>Dutta was elected from Tehatta in Nadia district in the 2016 assembly elections. </p>
<p>Outgoing MLA of the Trinamool Congress, Gouri Sankar Dutta, died due to Covid-19 at a private hospital here on Monday night, a senior doctor said.</p>.<p>Dutta (70), who had recently joined the BJP after being denied a poll ticket by the party, had tested positive for the contagion 10 days back following which he was admitted to a district hospital, he said.</p>.<p>The MLA was brought to the private hospital in Kolkata after his condition deteriorated.</p>.<p>"His condition continued deteriorating and never improved. He also had comorbidity issues. He died tonight," the doctor said.</p>.<p>Dutta was elected from Tehatta in Nadia district in the 2016 assembly elections. </p>