CPI(ML) leader Kalicharan Rai was shot and killed on 14 January 1981 by the police during the agitation inside Samastipur jail against police atrocities. On demand from the people of the District, the then Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur inaugurated a joint martyrs’ memorial in honour of Kalicharan Rai, Sukhdev Rai, and Rajendra Sah. The CPI(ML) observes their martyrdom day on 14 January every year. On 14 January 2019, a Sankalp Sabha was organized at the martyrs’ memorial in Chaknoor. Comrade Upendra Rai presided over the meeting. AIARLA District Secretary Jeebach Paswan hoisted the flag and 2 minutes’ silence was observed in honour of the martyrs. CPI(ML) District Secretary Prof Umesh Kumar demanded that a white paper should be issued on the Samastipur jail firing incident, and appealed to the people to strengthen the struggles against corruption, loot, police atrocities, and for people’s issues like land and housing.
