People's Democracy

(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)


Vol. XXIX

No. 37

September 11, 2005

  CPI(M) Candidate From Asansol

 

BENGAL CPI(M) has nominated Left Front government small industries and technical education minister, Bangsa Gopal Chaudhuri to run from Asansol in the by-election to the Lok Sabha.  The seat fell vacant when Comrade Bikash Chaudhury, the sitting MP, passed away recently.  The by-election would be held on September 28.

 

A student leader of note, Bangsa Gopal Chaudhuri was in the state leadership of the SFI, having been the general secretary of the Burdwan University Students’ Union, a few years back. He is presently serving the Bengal Left Front government as the minister-in-charge of technical education and of small-scale industries. (INN)