AGARTALA, Jan 21 (TIWN): Tripura former Congress-TUSJS Minister also a veteran leader of the indigenous people, INPT ex-MLA Nagendra Jamatia has breathed his last today followed by his long illness.

At died at the age of 70.

Ruling, opposition all party leaders have paid him the last tribute.

Nagendra Jamatia was a brought up from Tutabari village in Tripura and was a batch mate of former Chief Minister Manik Sarkar in Ramesh H S School in Udaipur.

He was the MLA of Ampi constituency.