Comrade Jaisingh Mali

COMRADE Jaisingh Mali, who was a member of the CPI(M) Maharashtra state committee for over two decades, former district secretary of the CPI(M) Dhule-Nandurbar district committee, and for long one of the vice presidents of the AIKS Maharashtra state committee, passed away at his home in Mod village of Taloda tehsil of Nandurbar district, due to a sudden heart attack on March 16, 2024. 71-year-old Jaising Mali was one of the senior most adivasi comrades in Maharashtra, who joined the Party over 40 years ago in 1982.

Comrade Shankarrao Danav

WITH the demise of Comrade Shankarrao Danav at the age of 75 on January 31, 2024, the CPI(M) and AIKS in Maharashtra have lost a dedicated and effective leader. Hailing from the Yavatmal district of Vidarbha region, he was a member of the CPI(M) Maharashtra state committee and vice president of the AIKS Maharashtra state committee for the last 25 years.

WB: CPI(M) Leader Suhrid Dutta Passes Away

COMRADE Suhrid Dutta, former member of CPI(M) Hooghly district committee and former secretary of Singur zonal committee, breathed his last on November 9, at his home in Apurbapur village. He had been unwell for a long time. He was 77 years old. He was unmarried and is survived by his elder brother, two younger sisters and two younger brothers. Comrade Dutta was currently a member of the Party's district centre branch.Comrade Suhrid Dutta was born in Bikrampur, Dhaka, in undivided Bengal. He was born on April 18, 1946. He moved to West Bengal with his family after partition.

Professor Anil Bhatti

PROFESSOR Anil Bhatti who passed away on October 11, 2023, was an outstanding Marxist scholar of German Philosophy and German Literature who taught for nearly four decades until his retirement in 2009, at the Centre for German Studies of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, and was an activist of the teachers’ movement at JNU. He was at various times the chairman of the Centre for German Studies at JNU, the dean of the School of Languages there,and the president of the Goethe Society of India.

Red Salute to Comrade Anathalavattom Anandan

COMRADE Anathalavattom Anandan , senior CPI(M) leader and CITU state president, passed away on October 5, after a prolonged illness. He was 86 years old. He became a devoted organiser of the coir workers very early and he actively led many militant struggles.Comrade Anathalavattom Anandan was an unwavering communist leader throughout his life with a steadfast commitment to the cause of the working class and the downtrodden. With a wealth of experience spanning over seven decades, he emerged as an undisputed leader who will forever be remembered.

Homage to Comrade Sarojini Balanandan

COMRADE Sarojini Balanandan, a veteran leader who played an important role in building the women's movement in Kerala, passed away on August 29, 2023 at Kochi. She was 86. She was the former national vice president of the All India Democratic Women's Association and president of the Kerala state committee.

Comrade Samsul Haque

COMRADE Samsul Haque, CPI(M) Tripura state committee member, and a member of the Tripura legislative assembly elected in the recent assembly elections, a prominent peasant leader well known for his dedication to farmers’ causes, passed away due to a fatal heart attack on the midnight of 18th July, 2023. He experienced severe chest pain while at the new MLA Hostel in the Capital Complex, Agartala.

Comrade Manik Dasgupta

COMRADE Manik Dasgupta, a peasant leader, former CPI(M) state committee member, and long-time secretary of CPI(M) Sonamura sub-divisional committee, passed away on May 4, 2022, in Agartala at the age of 83. He was suffering from kidney ailments. He is survived by his wife, son, and daughter.Dasgupta was born in 1940 in Barai village, Mainamati district (now Bangladesh), and migrated to Tripura, where he became a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) through his involvement in the local peasant movement in 1969.

Comrade Madan Ghosh

CPI (M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on April 21, 2023.THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses deep grief at the death of Madan Ghosh, former member of the Central Committee of the Party. He died this morning at his residence in Burdwan Town in West Bengal.

Comrade Mridul De

CPI (M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on April 25, 2023The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses profound grief at the death of a former member of its Central Committee, Mridul De. He died on April 24 after battling cancer for some time. He was 76 years old.Born in Chattagram in undivided Bengal, Mridul De actively participated in the student movement as a college student and joined the Party soon after. In the 1960s and early 1970s he fought bravely against police atrocities.

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