India, Feb. 24 -- Tributes poured in from all quarters of West Bengal's political spectrum on Monday for veteran leader Mukul Roy as both Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari mourned the death of the State politics' Chanakya.

Roy, 71, died of cardiac arrest early on Monday at a private hospital in Salt Lake after a prolonged illness.

His death concluded a five-decade-long political career during which he was part of the Congress, TMC and BJP, often being at the very centre of West Bengal's power struggles.

In an emotionally worded post on social media, Banerjee said she was "deeply shocked and grieved" at the sudden demise of her "long-time political colleague and co-fighter in many struggles". ...