Comrade Samar Mukherjee, a most exceptional, outstanding and dedicated leader of the communist movement in India died today at 10-30am. A valiant freedom fighter, able parliamentarian and leader of the trade union movement, Samarda passed away at the age of 100 in Kolkata today. He was the oldest living member of the CPI(M), having joined the Party in 1940. He dedicated his entire life as a communist to the cause of the working class and to the exploited people of India. He was a member of the Central Committee of the Party from 1966 and was elected to the Polit Bureau in 1978 and continued in that capacity till he was elected as the Chairman of the Party’s Central Control Commission at the 14th Congress of the Party in 1992. At the time of his death he was a Special Invitee to the Central Committee.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:02:02 +0000
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