Ashim Chatterjee

Ashim Chatterjee (born 1944)

Calcutta.^[3] Chatterjee broke ranks with Charu Majumdar in 1971 after the failure of the attempts to build an armed movement in the Debra-Gopiballavbur area in West Bengal and due to the opposition of CPI(ML) towards the liberation struggle of Bangladesh. He was imprisoned during 1972–78. Chatterjee formed the Bengal-Bihar-Odisha Border Regional Committee, CPI(ML) as a separate faction. His group joined the CPI(ML) of Satyanarayan Singh. Later Chatterjee formed the Communist Revolutionary League of India.^[4]

He unsuccessfully contested West Bengal legislative assembly (Bidhan Sabha) elections twice - first as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) supported Independent and in 2006, as a Trinamool Congress supported candidate.^[5] He is popularly called as comrade Kaka.^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Asim Chatterjee, Former Naxal and leader, Communist Revolutionary League of India". India Today. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
^ Bandopadhyay (13 December 1998). "In Marxist bastion, Hindu and Muslim students live separately". The Indian Express. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
^ Akbar, M .J (19 February 2010). "Naxal enigma". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
^ Chatterjee, Ashim (18 June 1999). "Real issues are clouded by national chauvinism". The Asian Age. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
^ Datta, Sujan (25 April 2006). "'70s' nemesis, now comrade - Ex-Naxal leader Ashim Chatterjee on same side as Ray". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 February 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
^ Banerjee, Aloke (24 September 2009). "The new face of Naxalism". India Today. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
^ CHATTOPADHYAY, SUHRID SANKAR (8 October 2005). "'Thunder' is just a memory". Frontline. Archived from the original on 7 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.

[1] "Asim Chatterjee, Former Naxal and leader, Communist Revolutionary League of India". India Today. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

[2] Bandopadhyay (13 December 1998). "In Marxist bastion, Hindu and Muslim students live separately". The Indian Express. Retrieved 19 February 2010.

[3] Akbar, M .J (19 February 2010). "Naxal enigma". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 19 February 2010.

[4] Chatterjee, Ashim (18 June 1999). "Real issues are clouded by national chauvinism". The Asian Age. Retrieved 19 February 2010.

[5] Datta, Sujan (25 April 2006). "'70s' nemesis, now comrade - Ex-Naxal leader Ashim Chatterjee on same side as Ray". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 February 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2010.

[6] Banerjee, Aloke (24 September 2009). "The new face of Naxalism". India Today. Retrieved 19 February 2010.

[7] CHATTOPADHYAY, SUHRID SANKAR (8 October 2005). "'Thunder' is just a memory". Frontline. Archived from the original on 7 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.

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