[Marxistindia] Comrade Subhas Chakrabarti

[news from the cpi(m)]

                                                         August 03, 2009



Press Release



The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses deep grief at the passing away
of Comrade Subhas Chakrabarti, member of the West Bengal State
Secretariat, trade union leader and minister in the Left Front
Government.


Subhas Chakrabarti began his political activities from his school days
when he joined the student movement in the late fifties. He was the all
India General Secretary of the Students Federation of India between 1977
and 1979. He became a member of the West Bengal State Committee of the
CPI(M) in 1971. During the period of semi-fascist terror in West Bengal,
Subhas Chakrabarti boldly faced the attacks and organised the student
and youth movement. Later he began working on the trade union front and
he was till the end the Vice-President of the state CITU. 


Comrade Subhas Chakrabarti was a popular leader who served the Party
with dedication. His death is a loss for the Party and the working class
movement in West Bengal. 


The Polit Bureau conveys its heartfelt condolences to his wife, son and
other members of the family.




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