Com. Mitranand Singh
Com. Mitranand Singh, district secretary of CPI (ML)’s Nalanda district unit passed away on the morning of 14 August. He was in the ICU for several days, battling a brain haemorrhage. His body was brought to the CPI (ML) state office and party cadres paid tributes to him. In the 80’s while working in the private sector in BiharSharif, Com. Mitranand met senior CPI (ML) leader Pawan Sharma. He soon became a part member and in 1986 he started working as a wholetimer of the party. He was assigned the responsibility of Bihar Sharif and he then became the Nalanda district secretary of the AIPF. He was the CPI (ML) candidate from Nalanda in the Lok Sabha elections in 1991 and he received huge support from the poor and Dalits. Besides Bihar Sharif, he also played a crucial role in the expansion of the party in Jagdishpur in Bhojpur. His presence will always be missed.
Com. Rajnandan Sharma
Com. Rajnandan Sharma (lovingly known as Master Saheb) died in a hospital in Patna at the age of 83 at around 2 am in the morning of 3 August. He had been battling respiratory problems for a long time. Master Saheb worked as a teacher in the Khagaul (Danapur Rail Division), even as he remained active with the Party right from the days of the party’s initial difficult phase. Always a committed member, he shall be missed. Red Salute to Master Saheb!
Com. Manjulaben Patanwadia
Comrade Manjulaben Patanwadia passed away during the night of 16 August 2016 in Ahmedabad, after suffering from multiple organ failure. She was 57. She had undergone surgery in both her knees recently which somehow resulted in further complications, resulting in her sad demise. Revolutionary tribute to Comrade Manjulaben!
Com. Ghanshyam Mahto
Com. Ghanshyam Mahto, a dedicated and a fighting leader of the 1990s passed away on 4 August in his ancestral village of Baruhaatu in Bundu in Jharkhand. He was 76 years of age. He became associated with CPI (ML) in the year 1990 and thereafter remained in struggles being fought for the poor and tribals. Despite economic hardships, he never looked back. On 4 July, despite ill health, he participated in the sankalp sabha organised on the martyrdom anniversary of Com. Parmeshwar Singh Munda. Red Salute to Com. Ghanshyam Mahto.
Com. Bhura Singh
Com. Bhura Singh, Mansa block President of All India Kisan Mahasabha, who had been sitting an indefinite dharna led by AIKM president Com. Ruldu Singh for the loan waiver of famers and peasants, passed away on 14 August, on the 134th day of the dharna owing to a heart attack. The comrades sitting with him rushed him to the hospital but doctors declared him dead. AIKM comrades forced the government to realise the gravity of the situation and the government decided to give 5 lakhs to his family, assured a job to a family member and promise withdrawal of his loans. Instead of cremation, his whole body was donated to the Patiala Hospital. Com. Bhura Singh, besides being the Mansa Block president of the All India Kisan Mahsabha, was also a member of tehsil Committee of CPI (ML). Revolutionary tribute to Com. Bhura Singh, the great martyr of the ongoing “karja-mafi movement”!
BP Kesri
Liberation pays tribute to Jharkhandi scholor and educationist BP Kesri who passed away on August 14, 2016. Kesri will be remembered for his compilation of 35000 poems in the Nagpuri language written by 645 poets over 400 years.