Thousands of people from all walks of life paid their respects to Com. M. K. Pandhe, veteran Trade Union leader and CPI(M) Polit Bureau member who passed away on 20th August, 2011. The body of the departed leader was kept at the BTR Bhavan, the Central Office of CITU from 9 to 10 A.M on 21st August where the Trade Union leadership and hundreds of workers paid homage to their dear leader. By 10.30 A.M the body was brought to AKG Bhavan the headquarters of the CPI(M).
CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat led the Polit Bureau members in paying respects to Com. Pandhe. Com. Pramila Pandhe and family members paid their respects. Members of the Central Committee, Office Bearers of CITU, AIKS, AIAWU, AIDWA, DYFI, SFI, AILU, Jansanskrti and many other mass organizations as well as unions paid their respects amidst incessant slogan shouting by comrades. A.B.Bardhan, General Secretary, CPI, S.Sudhakar Reddy, Deputy General Secretary, CPI, Debabrata Biswas, General Secretary, All India Forward Bloc, Gurudas Dasgupta, General Secretary, AITUC and others paid respects. CPI(ML), INTUC, HMS, NTUI and representatives of banking, insurance, state government employees associations also paid their respects. The CMDs of many PSUs like BHEL, Coal India, Air India, Airport Authority of India joined their workers in paying their respects.
The last journey of the departed leader began at 2.00 and thousands marched in procession to the Lodi Road Electric Crematorium where Com.Pandhe was cremated amidst slogans “Red Salute to Com.Pandhe”.
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