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| CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Nirupam Sen, opposition leader of the West Bengal state assembly Surjya Kanta Mishra paying their tribute to Com. Pradip Tah and Com. Kamal Gayen on Wednesday in Burdhaman. |
In a brutal attack, two district committee members of CPI(M) in Burdwan were killed on Wednesday morning. Pradip Tah and Kamal Gayen were murdered when Trinamool Congress anti socials violently attacked a rally, which was brought out in support of 28th February’s strike, in Dewandighi in Burdwan town.
Yesterday, TMC activists tore down festoons and banners in support of 28th’s strike. Some CPI(M) supports were attacked when they protested the vandalism. Today, at about 10.30 in the morning, a rally was organized in Dewandighi by CPI(M) in support of the strike. The rally was huge in numbers. People of that area including unrorganised workers joined the rally. Suddenly TMC anti socials attacked the rally with axe, sharp weapons and arms. Pradip Tah and Kamal Gayen were brutally and repeatedly attacked. Tah died on the way to hospital. Gayen was first admitted in Burdwan Medical College hospital but later he was being shifted to Kolkata. He died on the way to Kolkata. CPI(M) supporter Rupkumar Gupta has also been injured badly and admitted in hospital. Some other Party workers and sympathizers were also injured.
Pradip Tah was former MLA of Burdwan North assembly constituency, former District Secretary of DYFI, and now a CITU leader. He was a leading organizer of the unorganized workers; Kamal Gayen was a district level leader of cultural movement. With them 58 CPI(M) and Left leaders and activists have become martyrs in last nine months in the state.
CPI(M) State Secretary Biman Basu has strongly condemned the killing. In a statement, Basu said, these attacks throughout the state were planned. The attack has been intensified after massive rally in Brigade Parade Ground on 19th February. TMC has been jolted by the massive participation of people in that rally. Armed activists of TMC have unleashed desperate terrorization to thwart the strike of 28th February.
CPI(M) has called a 12hour Burdwan bandh on Thursday and two day protests throughout the state. CPI(M) leaders Nirupam Sen, Madan Ghosh, leader of the opposition Surjya Kanta Mishra and others have rushed to the spot. Thousands of people gathered in Burdwan to protest the killing.
TMC and Mamata Banerjee Government have declared a war against the 28th’s strike. Already the State Government has issued dictate that no employee would be allowed to take leave on that day. Trade unions are being threatened not to participate in strike. Moreover, the TMC leadership has asked its cadres to actively oppose the strike. It is clear from today’s incident that this active opposition is nothing but an euphemism for attacking and murdering CPI(M) cadres. But, the working people of the state are not going to bow down before such terror tactics. 28th February will teach a lesson to the TMC when the working people will participate in the strike on the face of all terror and attack.
Yesterday, TMC activists tore down festoons and banners in support of 28th’s strike. Some CPI(M) supports were attacked when they protested the vandalism. Today, at about 10.30 in the morning, a rally was organized in Dewandighi by CPI(M) in support of the strike. The rally was huge in numbers. People of that area including unrorganised workers joined the rally. Suddenly TMC anti socials attacked the rally with axe, sharp weapons and arms. Pradip Tah and Kamal Gayen were brutally and repeatedly attacked. Tah died on the way to hospital. Gayen was first admitted in Burdwan Medical College hospital but later he was being shifted to Kolkata. He died on the way to Kolkata. CPI(M) supporter Rupkumar Gupta has also been injured badly and admitted in hospital. Some other Party workers and sympathizers were also injured.
Pradip Tah was former MLA of Burdwan North assembly constituency, former District Secretary of DYFI, and now a CITU leader. He was a leading organizer of the unorganized workers; Kamal Gayen was a district level leader of cultural movement. With them 58 CPI(M) and Left leaders and activists have become martyrs in last nine months in the state.
CPI(M) State Secretary Biman Basu has strongly condemned the killing. In a statement, Basu said, these attacks throughout the state were planned. The attack has been intensified after massive rally in Brigade Parade Ground on 19th February. TMC has been jolted by the massive participation of people in that rally. Armed activists of TMC have unleashed desperate terrorization to thwart the strike of 28th February.
CPI(M) has called a 12hour Burdwan bandh on Thursday and two day protests throughout the state. CPI(M) leaders Nirupam Sen, Madan Ghosh, leader of the opposition Surjya Kanta Mishra and others have rushed to the spot. Thousands of people gathered in Burdwan to protest the killing.
TMC and Mamata Banerjee Government have declared a war against the 28th’s strike. Already the State Government has issued dictate that no employee would be allowed to take leave on that day. Trade unions are being threatened not to participate in strike. Moreover, the TMC leadership has asked its cadres to actively oppose the strike. It is clear from today’s incident that this active opposition is nothing but an euphemism for attacking and murdering CPI(M) cadres. But, the working people of the state are not going to bow down before such terror tactics. 28th February will teach a lesson to the TMC when the working people will participate in the strike on the face of all terror and attack.
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the murder of two leaders of our Party in West Bengal, both members of the Burdwan district committee of the CPI(M) – Comrade Pradip Tah and Comrade Kamal Gayen – in open daylight in the Dewandighi on the outskirts of the Burdwan town by the Trinamool Congress goons. Comrade Pradip was a former MLA representing the Burdwan (North) Assembly constituency. These heinous murders took place when both these leaders were leading a huge procession of people which was protesting against attacks on Party sympathisers campaigning for the all-India strike of February 28 called by the Central trade unions. These are murders most foul and is part of planned attacks and killings of Left leaders and activists after the assumption of office by the Mamata Banerjee led government. These two murders takes up the toll of people killed to 58 since the change of government. These attacks come in the background of the massive popular mobilization, at the call of the CPI(M), in the Brigade Parade Ground on February 19 which reflected people’s anger against the politics of violence and vendetta. Frustrated by the growing resistance of the people, the TMC led goons have indulged in this gruesome act. This act of violence is also to try and at any cost stop the certain overwhelming success of the industrial strike at the call of the Central trade unions. The Polit Bureau calls upon the Party units and all other Left and democratic minded people in the country to raise their voice of protest against such politics of violence and terror.
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