Anil Biswas (politician)

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Anil Biswas
Member of Polit Bureau, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
In office
11 October 1998 – 26 March 2006
West Bengal State Secretary of the CPI(M)
In office
1998 – 26 March 2006
Preceded bySailen Dasgupta
Succeeded byBiman Bose
Personal details
Born(1944-03-02)2 March 1944
Kolkata, West Bengal
, India
OccupationPolitician

Anil Biswas (2 March 1944 – 26 March 2006), often referred to as Keru, was an Indian communist politician. He was the secretary of the West Bengal State Committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and member of the party's politburo beginning in 1998 until his death in 2006.

Early life

Biswas born in a peasant family of Darermath village near Karimpur, Nadia district. While in high school he was attracted to the Left movement in the area. in 1961 he joined the Krishnagar Government College and came under the influence of Marxist leaders like Harinarayan Adhikari and Dinesh Mazumdar and also became an active member of the Students' Federation of India. He was a student leader in College elections. After taking an Honours degree in political science, he shifted to Kolkata to pursue his academic career.[1]

Politics

He became the full-fledged party member of the

Defence of India Rules 1962 and was imprisoned for 11 months. From jail custody he completed the master's degree in political science. In 1969 he became a whole timer of the party and joined Ganashakti as a reporter. Biswas' close association with Ganashakti continued until 1998 and it was during his editorship the newspaper reached the height of circulation. Anil Biswas became member of the Central Committee of the party in the year of 1985. In 1998 he took charge of the General secretary of the State committee and also became a member of the Polit Bureau.[1] He was mentored by Pramod Dasgupta
.

He was the editor of Marxbadi Path (The Road of the Marxist), the theoretical quarterly in West Bengal.

He was known to be a deft strategist and the brain behind the party's important decisions in West Bengal politics. In one of his genius decisions, he influenced the party to name

TMC. Because of Anil Biswas' organized election tactics as the State General Secretary in the 2006 West Bengal Assembly Election, the opposition reduced to significantly small number of seats. He used to manage the media and the ground-workers so well that he knew the pulse of the general public in and out. It is largely believed that the demise of Anil Biswas and other important ground-leaders such as Subhas Chakraborty paved the way for the opposition to come into power replacing the Left Front
.

Death

He died on 26 March 2006 after being hospitalised by a

NRS Medical College and Hospital according to his last wishes. He is survived by his wife Gita and daughter Ajanta.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Vol 23, Issue 7. "OBITUARY". frontline.in. Retrieved 26 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "CPI(M) leader Anil Biswas dead". hindustantimes.com. 27 March 2006. Retrieved 26 May 2017.

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