Adieu Comrade Shanti Devi

Revolutionary Tributes to Comrade Shanti Devi, a senior CPIML and AIPWA leader in Bihar's Bhojpur, who had played a pivotal role in building the party and mass movement in the region. She passed away in December 2023 after battling liver cancer. She was always steadfast in the struggle for people's rights and justice. 

Adieu Comrade Govind Uniyal

Comrade Govind Uniyal breathed his last on Dec 11 succumbing to severe cardiac arrest at the age of 75. He was not in the best of health for the last few years and was suffering from age related complications.

He has more than four decade long association with the communist party and served as member of Delhi State committee and incharge of CPIML Delhi state office for a very long time.

Adieu Comrade Iswari Prasad

Comrade Iswari Prasad, veteran leader of railway workers and a CPIML leader passed away on 24 November at Danapur, Bihar. He was the leader of 1974 all India railway strike leading the action in the Danapur area and playing a pivotal role in organising the workers. During the strike he was arrested and removed from the service. Later he was reinstated back into the service. Through-out his life, Com. Iswari was as a dedicated communist and steadfast to the cause of justice and rights. Respectful homage to his revolutionary legacy. 

Red Salute to Comrade Iswari Prasad.

Adieu Comrade Meena Rai

We are deeply shocked by the sudden demise of Comrade Meena Rai on the morning of November 21, 2023. She passed away of brain haemorrhage at a hospital in Allahabad where she was admitted around midnight. She was perfectly healthy till the previous evening.

Comrade Meena Rai was the managing editor of Samkaleen Janmat and Vice President of Jan Sanskriti Manch, Uttar Pradesh. She retired a couple of years ago from her teaching job.

Red Salute to Comrade Awadhesh Singh

Comrade Awadhesh Singh of  Dhanchhuha, Sahar, Bihar, a fellow party member of the 90s and formed member of the Party Panchayat Committee died 11 November 2023, at 2 am after battling from cancer for a long time. He was very active in the party programs and In today's challenging times, the loss of Comrade Awadhesh Singh, a friend and comrade of the people is a big loss for the party.

Red Salute to Comrade Umed Lal Gope

On 10th November 2023, at 12.30, Comrade Umed Lal Gope passed away at his residence in Hesalong, Jharkhand. Comrade Umed Lal Gope was suffering from a serious illness for a long time. A member of the party since 1985-86, he was a committed party cadre and played an important role in Jan Sanskriti Manch for a long time. He played an crucial role in the mass movement and resistance struggle against the Ghutuwa firing incident and Religdajan massacre of 1988. With his death, the party suffered an irreparable loss.

Red Salute Annada Prasad Bhattacharya

Comrade Annada Prasad Bhattacharya, state President of All India Kisan Mahasabha in West Bengal passed away on 11 October in a hospital in Bardhaman. He was 77. He dedicated his life for the left movement and people’s struggles. During the course of the struggles he even lost his job of school teacher in Bengal, which was regained when Congress was ousted from power in Bengal. Later, he raised the issue of corruption in the left front government in West Bengal and left the CPIM. He began his association with CPIML in 1990. Since then he has spent his full time working for the party.

Comrade Lal Bahadur Shashtri

Comrade Lal Bahadur Shashtri, 56, Block committee member in Sahar (Bhojpur) passed away at PMCH in Patna in the night of 16 September. He was undergoing treatment for more than a month for multiple complications and septicemia and could not be saved. He was bitten by leech that developed into a serious wound. He was diabetic and his infection could not be contained resulting in multiple organ failure.

The party has lost a committed people’s fighter in him. We send our condolences to his bereaved family and friends.

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