Pratirodh Sabha against Killing of Comrade Sunil Chandravanshi
A Pratirodh Sabha, resistance meeting, was organised on September 21, 2024, at Imamganj Bazaar condemning the brutal murder of CPIML leader Comrade Sunil Chandravanshi. The meeting, which began with paying homage to the martyr comrade Chandravanshi, was addressed by Comrade Dipankar Bhattacharya, General Secretary of CPIML and Comrade Sudama Prasad, National Organization Secretary of All India Kisan Mahasabha and MP from Ara.
Speaking at the meeting, CPIML General Secretary Comrade Dipnakar said that it is a known fact that the murderous gang of Jumman-Raji-Chandrakant Sharma had worked for BJP in the last Lok Sabha elections. In a time, when killers of big massacres like Laxmanpur-Bathe and Shankar Bigha are exonerated, the morale of such criminals has been boosted to unprecedented heights under the BJP-JDU regime. On the other hand, dalits and the poor are being displaced from their homes and ponds using bulldozers and people’s popular leaders are being implicated in false cases and even assassinated.
Comrade Dipankar added that Comrade Sunil was busy mobilising the people for the ongoing 'Haq Do, Vaada Nibhao' campaign at the call of the Bihar State Committee of the party to secure the promised ₹2 lakh assistance for every poor family and 5 decimal land as promised by the Nitish Kumar government and pucca housing for all as promised by the Modi government. He said that Comrade Sunil’s death is a great loss for the party. We must all resolve to carry forward Comrade Sunil Chandravanshi's mission and revolutionary legacy.
The sabha noted that the BJP-JD(U) government’s policies have emboldened the criminals and feudal forces leading to a rise in attacks on Dalits and the most vulnerable communities. Sunil Chandravanshi (55 yeas old), was murdered on 9 September 2024 when he was returning on his motorbike to his village in the evening. The killers ambushed and shot him at a rice mill near Imamganj Bazar police station. He was murdered by a gang associated with the BJP, led by criminals like Jumman, Raju, and Chandrakant Sharma.
The sabha demanded the arrest of Com. Sunil Chandravanshi's killers, monetary compensation to the victim's family, a government job to one of his family members, and action against the police station that allegedly failed to curb the gang's activities.
The meeting was also joined by Bihar Secretary Comrade Kunal, secretaries of Patna, Arwal, Jahanabad and Aurangabad districts, and MLAs Comrades Mahanand (Arwal), Sandeep Saurav (Paliganj), Gopal Ravidas (Phulwari) and Ramvali Singh Yadav (Ghosi) and other leaders to pay homage to Comrade Sunil Chandravanshi. Comrade Sunil Chandravanshi’s brother Anil Chandravanshi and elder son Viswajit Kumar were also present on the stage.
