People's
Democracy
(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of
India (Marxist) No. 08
February 23, 2003
(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of
India (Marxist) |
Vol.
XXVII No. 08 February 23, 2003 |
A
MEMBER
of
the
CPI(M)’s
West
Bengal
state
committee
and
a
veteran
leader
of
the
working
class
movement,
Comrade
Anjali
Kumar
Ghosh
passed
away
on
February
14.
He
had
been
suffering
for
some
time
from
a
cancer.
He
was
73.
Associated
with
the
Communist
Party
in
Bengal
right
from
1952,
Comrade
Ghosh
was
instrumental
in
building
up
the
workers’-peasants’
movement
in
the
Uluberia
sub-division
of
the
Howrah
district.
Comrade
Anjali
Kumar
Ghosh
also
took
a
leading
role
in
the
movement
of
the
late
1950’s
in
Bengal
against
the
Bengal-Bihar
merger
proposal.
He
was
jailed
for
several
periods
of
time
as
a
result
of
his
involvement
with
the
movement.
Elected
to
the
Howrah
district
committee
of
the
CPI
(M)
back
in
1964,
Comrade
Anjali
Kumar
Ghosh
became
a
member
of
the
state
committee
of
the
Party
from
the
20th
state
conference.
He
was
deeply
involved
with
the
struggles
and
movements
launched
under
the
aegis
of
the
Kisan
Sabha
and
the
CITU.
State
secretary
of
the
CPI
(M),
Anil
Biswas,
Left
Front
chairman,
Biman
Basu,
Kisan
Sabha
leader,
Benoy
Konar,
and
CITU
leader
Chittabrata
Majumdar,
among
others
expressed
their
deep
grief
at
the
passing
away
of
Comrade
Anjali
Kumar
Ghosh.
Comrade
Ghosh’s
last
remains
have
been
handed
over
to
a
Kolkata
hospital
for
purposes
of
medical
education
and
research
as
per
his
wishes.
