[Marxistindia] Homage to Benoy Konar

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Press Statement

 

Homage to Benoy Konar

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses its
deep grief at the passing away of Comrade Benoy Konar, a senior leader of
the Party and the peasant movement. He died on September 14 a the age of 84.

 

Benoy Konar became a member of the Communist Party in 1948. Like his elder
brother Harekrishna Konar, he became fully involved in organizing the
peasant movement in Burdwan. He led various struggles of the agricultural
workers and poor peasants. Benoy Konar became an important leader of the
Kisan movement of West Bengal and served as the General Secretary and
President of the state Kisan Sabha. Later he became the national President
of the All India Kisan Sabha, a post in which he served for a number of
years.  

 

Benoy Konar was a staunch Marxist-Leninist. He was a member of the state
committee of the CPI(M) from 1982 and became a member of the state
secretariat in 1991. He was elected to the Central Committee of the Party in
1995 and became Chairman of the Central Control Commission in the 20th
Congress of the Party. He was a member of the state legislative assembly
from Memari constituency thrice.

 

Comrade Benoy Konar had to face police repression during his political
activities. He was jailed under a number of false cases and spent six years
and nine months in jail. He had also worked underground during the peasants
struggles in Burdwan. 

 

Benoy Konar served the Communist Party with great distinction. He was a
powerful speaker. He was known for his firm ideological commitment to
Marxism and led an exemplary life marked by simplicity. In his death the
Communist movement and the peasant movement have suffered a big loss. 

 

The Polit Bureau conveys its heartfelt condolences to his wife, Maharani
Konar, sons and daughters. 

 

 

Central Committee Office

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

A.K. Gopalan Bhawan

27-29, Bhai Vir Singh Marg, Gole Market

New Delhi 110 001

 

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