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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Suprakash Talukdar
| image = File:Suprakash Talukdar.jpg
| image_size = 245px
| office2 = Secretary of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], [[Assam]]
| term_start2 = 17 February 2022
| office1 = Member of [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Central Committee]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| term_start1 = 22 April 2018
| succeeding = 
| predecessor2 = Deben Bhattacharya
| successor =
| office3 = Working President of [[Asom Sonmilito Morcha]]
| term_start3 = 25 October 2024
| term_end3 = 12 November 2025
| majority =
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| relatives = Nandeswar Talukdar (Father)<br>Abhrakash Talukdar (Son)
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| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| occupation = Politician
}}
'''Suprakash Talukdar''' is an Indian politician who currently serves as the state secretary of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] in [[Assam]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Left parties to use 'agrarian crisis' as plank for panchayat elections |url=https://assamtribune.com/assam/left-parties-to-use-agrarian-crisis-as-plank-for-panchayat-elections-1559129 |access-date=29 December 2024 |work=assamtribune.com |date=26 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Assam State Conference Calls for Rejuvenating the Party and the Left |url=https://cpim.org/assam-state-conference-calls-rejuvenating-party-and-left/ |website=Communist Party Of India (Marxist) |access-date=29 December 2024 |language=en |date=6 March 2022 |quote=The conference elected a 50-memer new state committee. The new state committee elected a 14-member secretariat. Suprakash Talukdar is elected as the new state secretary.}}</ref>

==Education and political career==
Suprakash is the eldest son of Nandeswar Talukdar, a freedom fighter and prominent peasants leader who served as secretary of the Assam state committee of the [[CPI(M)|CPM]] from 1982 to 1995.<ref>{{cite news|title = Last of the communist icons - NANDESWAR TALUKDAR (1921-2003)|url =https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/last-of-the-communist-icons-nandeswar-talukdar-1921-2003/cid/1547890}}</ref> Having born in a left-leaning family, he got acquainted with left-wing ideologies from his childhood. He joined [[Students Federation of India]], the student wing of CPIM while he was in Cotton Collegiate School in 1977.<ref name="etvbharat">{{cite news|title = সুপ্ৰকাশ তালুকদাৰ CPI(M) ৰাজ্যিক কমিটিৰ সম্পাদক হিচাপে নিৰ্বাচিত - চিপিআইএমৰ ২৩ সংখ্যক অসম ৰাজ্যিক সন্মিলন|url =https://www.etvbharat.com/assamese/assam/state/kamrup-metropolitan/suprakash-talukdar-elected-as-secretary-of-cpim-state-committee/assam20220217172113280}}</ref> He studied [[geology]] from [[Cotton University|Cotton College]] which at that time was under [[Gauhati University]]. He was appointed the secretary of Assam state unit of SFI in 1992.<ref name=etvbharat />

Later he was inducted into the state committee and the state secretariat of Assam CPI(M) in 1997.<ref name=etvbharat />

He was elected to the [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Central Committee of the party]] at the end of 22nd Party Congress in Hyderabad on 22 April 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://cpim.org/pressbriefs-new-central-committee-elected-22nd-congress/|title = New Central Committee Elected at the 22nd Congress}}</ref> He held the post after the following Party Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cpim.org/leadership/|title=Communist Party Of India (Marxist)}}</ref>

He was first elected as the state secretary of the party on 17 February 2022 in the last day of 23rd Assam state conference of [[CPI(M)]]. There he placed the political and organisational report as the-then state secretary Deben Bhattacharya was absent in the conference for his illness.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://peoplesdemocracy.in/2022/0227_pd/assam-cpim-state-conference-calls-rejuvenating-party-and-left | title=Assam: CPI(M) State Conference Calls for Rejuvenating the Party and the Left | Peoples Democracy }}</ref> He got reelected to the post in the 24th conference as well.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://assamtribune.com/assam/assam-cpim-state-conference-ends-suprakash-talukdar-re-elected-as-secy-1563752 | title=Assam CPI(M) state conference ends: Suprakash Talukdar re-elected as Secy | date=8 January 2025 }}</ref>

He acts as the in-charge of CPM Manipur state unit on behalf of the Central Committee of the party.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://peoplesdemocracy.in/2024/1124_pd/manipur-cpim-state-conference-calls-restoration-peace-state | title=Manipur: CPI(M) State Conference Calls for Restoration of Peace in the State| website = [[People's Democracy (newspaper)|People's Democracy]]|quote = Central Committee member and in-charge of Manipur, Suprakash Talukdar spoke about the tasks before the Party and prioritising areas of work.}}</ref> He also serves as the working president of [[Asom Sonmilito Morcha]], the left-wing opposition alliance in Assam.<ref name="abplive">{{cite web|title=<nowiki>Congress Is Responsible For Collapse Of Opposition Unity In Assam | OPINION</nowiki>|date=26 October 2024 |url=https://news.abplive.com/blog/opinion-congress-gaurav-gogoi-is-responsible-for-collapse-of-opposition-unity-in-assam-northeast-notes-1727033}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=1238337 | title=United opposition forum names new president after exit of Assam Cong chief }}</ref>

==Socio-political issues==
He has been quite vocal against [[Citizenship Amendment Act|Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 and Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019]] and wrote several articles against it and played an important role in uniting the left and democratic forces in the opposition of the bill.<ref>{{cite news|title = Citizenship (Amendment) Bill Will Destroy the Constitution: Suprakash Talukdar, CPI(M)|url =https://www.newsclick.in/citizenship-amendment-bill-will-destroy-constitution-suprakash-talukdar-cpim?amp=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title =The Citizenship Amendment Bill, Assam Accord and the People of Assam|url = https://www.newsclick.in/citizenship-amendment-bill-assam-accord-and-people-assam|author = Suprakash Talukdar}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = Citizenship Bill: Why Protests Have Spread Across Northeast|url = https://www.newsclick.in/citizenship-bill-why-protests-have-spread-across-northeast|author = Suprakash Talukdar}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Politics and Ramifications of the NRC in Assam| url = https://www.newsclick.in/politics-ramifications-NRC-assam|author = Suprakash Talukdar}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title = CPM condemns 'a wasteful exercise'|url =https://www.telegraphindia.com/amp/north-east/cpm-condemns-a-wasteful-exercise/cid/1720982}}</ref>

He was also the member of [[Sitaram Yechury]] led delegation which visited the ethnic strife-torn Manipur for two days from 18 August 2023. The delegation also visited various relief camps at [[Churachandpur]], [[Moirang]] and [[Imphal]] and met Governor [[Anusuiya Uikey]] and various other civil society organisations.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://m.rediff.com/news/commentary/2023/aug/17/cpim-delegation-to-visit-manipur-from-friday/88ad5b53c3ef7052431ee05cd95f2f0d | title=CPI-M delegation to visit Manipur from Friday }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/sitaram-yechury-led-cpim-delegation-to-visit-manipur-from-august-18-20/article67205877.ece | title=Sitaram Yechury-led CPI(M) delegation to visit Manipur from August 18–20 | work=The Hindu | date=17 August 2023 }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Assam]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Living people]]

Suprakash Talukdar - Revision history

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