Obituary

JAKKA VENKAIAH

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on May 30THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) mourns the passing away of Comrade Jakka Venkaiah, veteran leader of the Party in Andhra Pradesh and a former member of the Central Committee.Jakka Venkaiah played a key role in building the Communist Party in Nellore district.

Comrade Ashok Mitra

ASHOK Mitra who passed away on May 1, 2018, was the doyen among Left intellectuals in the country, held in the highest esteem by one and all for his absolute integrity, his outstanding intellect and his commitment to the cause of the working people.Born on April 10, 1928, in the eastern part of undivided Bengal, he was a brilliant student who was drawn to the Communist movement and became an activist of the Student Federation.

Khagendra Jamatia No More

CPI(M) leader and Tripura minister Khagendra Jamatia died at the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on March 2. He was 63 and had been suffering from blood cancer.Jamatia, the minister in charge of fishery, cooperative and fire service departments in the outgoing Left Front government, was a candidate from the Krishnapur constituency in the February 18 Assembly election. During most of the campaign period, Jamatia was under treatment at a hospital in Agartala.

COMRADE MOHD AMIN

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on February 12, 2018.THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) dips its banner in salute to veteran communist and trade union leader Comrade Mohd. Amin. Comrade Mohd. Amin died this afternoon. He was ninety years old. Mohd. Amin was born in Kolkata to poor parents who had migrated from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

Com Avtar Sadiq Passes Away

VETERAN leader of the Indian Workers’ Association (Great Britain) and poet, Com Avtar Singh Sadiq, passed away at his home in Leicester on January 28. He was 77. Avtar Sadiq, one of the most popular faces of the Indian Marxists in the UK, was elected as the national general secretary of the IWA at its Golden Jubilee in 1988 and then as the national president from 1993 to 2004.

Eminent Hindi Writer Doodhnath Singh Passes Away

PROFESSOR Doodhnath Singh, an eminent Hindi writer and president of Janwadi Lekhak Sangh passed away at midnight of January 11, 2018 at Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) his hometown. He was 81 and very active till his last breath. He suffered from cancer of the prostate, he was undergoing the treatment at a hospital in Allahabad but had a cardiac arrest and thus passed away. He was a member of the CPI(M).Prof. Doodhnath Singh taught Hindi literature at the Allahabad Central University.

Comrade Khagen Das

Condolence resolution adopted by the Central Committee at its meeting held on January 19-21, 2018 at KolkataTHE Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) pays homage to Comrade Khagen Das, member of the Central Committee and Convener of the Tripura Left Front. Khagen Das died today early morning on January 21at  Kolkata where he had come and participated in the meeting of the Central Committee. He was aged 80 years.Khagen Das had migrated from erstwhile East Pakistan to Kolkata and did his schooling and college in Kolkata.

Comrade NM Sundaram

THE secretariat of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, in session in New Delhi has expressed its shock over the sudden demise of Comrade NM Sundaram, one of the senior leaders of Indian Trade Union movement and especially that of the insurance workers movement December on 26, 2017 at Chennai.

Comrade Sukomal Sen

CPI(M ) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on November 22THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses its deep grief at the passing away of Comrade Sukomal Sen, chairman of the Central Control Commission and ex-officio member of the Central Committee.  Sukomal Sen died after a long illness.  He was aged 83.Sukomal Sen joined the Party in 1952.  He was the organiser and builder of the State Government Employees movement in the country.  He served as the general secretary of the All India State Government Employees Federation from 1982 to 2008.

WEST BENGAL: Comrade Nakul Mahato

VETERAN leader of Communist movement in West Bengal, Comrade Nakul Mahato passed away on September 20, at the age of 93. Comrade Nakul Mahato was born in 1924 at Purulia, the district which became his area of work and source of all passions as well. He was involved with Radical Party in the initial stage of life. He was the first graduate from JK College in Purulia. Thorough many struggles, including the struggle to include Manbhum with Bengal, he joined the Communist Party in 1957. He played a very important role in developing the peasant and communist movement in the district.

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