People's Democracy

COMRADE M V NARASIMHA REDDY

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) issued the following statement on December 5, 2004.

THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) deeply mourns the demise of its central committee member and veteran communist, Comrade Mallu Venkata Narasimha Reddy. He passed away on December 5 after being hospitalised for some months.

Comrade Narasimha Reddy was one of the prominent heroes of the Telangana armed struggle. Remaining underground for nine long years, he had organised the armed squads in battling the Nizam’s army and the razakars. He steadfastly upheld the revolutionary tenets of Marxism-Leninism and played an important role when both the revisionist and the Left adventurist deviations had deeply divided the Communist movement in Andhra Pradesh.

As the district secretary of Nalgonda, he played a pivotal role in the Telangana armed struggle. Comrade Narasimha Reddy built the Party and its mass organisations to emerge as the leading Left force in the district and in the state. After India’s independence in 1947, he played an important role in pressurising the Nizam of Hyderabad to join independent India.

Though born in a rich peasant family which had close links with the repressive landlords of the region, Comrade VN, as he was fondly called by everybody, gave up this family background to join the armed struggle and the subsequent class struggles in Andhra Pradesh. Having embraced Marxism and the Communist outlook, he lived a simple life all through and continuously served the interests of the people without any hesitation.

In his death, the Communist movement in Andhra Pradesh has lost a towering leader. The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) dips the red flag in memory of this Communist leader. The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) conveys its heartfelt condolences to his wife Mallu Swarajam, CPI(M) central committee member, and his two sons and daughter.

AIKS & AIAWU CONDOLENCE

THE All India Kisan Sabha and the All India Agricultural Workers Union have deeply mourned the sad demise of Comrade Mallu Venkata Narasimha Reddy, former AIKC member and member of the central committee of the CPI(M). In a statement both the organisations conveyed their heartfelt condolences to his wife Mallu Swarajyam, CPI(M) central committee member, and his two sons and daughter. (INN)