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'''Ashim Chatterjee''' is an Indian politician and a former [[Naxalite]] leader.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19981213/34750124.html|title=In Marxist bastion, Hindu and Muslim students live separately|last=Bandopadhyay |date=13 December 1998|work=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=19 February 2010}}</ref> He was a student of the then [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]], Kolkata, and leader of firstly Bengal Provincial Student's Federation (then student wing of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]) and then student leader of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)]] | '''Ashim Chatterjee''' is an Indian politician and a former [[Naxalite]] leader.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19981213/34750124.html|title=In Marxist bastion, Hindu and Muslim students live separately|last=Bandopadhyay |date=13 December 1998|work=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=19 February 2010}}</ref> He was a student of the then [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]], Kolkata, and leader of firstly Bengal Provincial Student's Federation (then student wing of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]) and then student leader of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)]] in [[Calcutta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/33646/naxal-enigma.html|title=Naxal enigma|last=Akbar|first=M .J |date=19 February 2010|work=[[Deccan Herald]]|accessdate=19 February 2010}}</ref> 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 (Bihar politician, died 1984)|Satyanarayan Singh]]. Later Chatterjee formed the [[Communist Revolutionary League of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacw.net/kargil/Ashim_Chatterj.html|title=Real issues are clouded by national chauvinism|last=Chatterjee|first=Ashim |date=18 June 1999|work=The Asian Age|accessdate=19 February 2010}}</ref> | ||
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060425/asp/frontpage/story_6142420.asp|title='70s' nemesis, now comrade - Ex-Naxal leader Ashim Chatterjee on same side as Ray|last=Datta|first=Sujan|date=25 April 2006|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=19 February 2010}}</ref> He is popularly called as comrade Kaka.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/63259/Top%20Stories/The+new+face+of+Naxalism.html|title=The new face of Naxalism|last=Banerjee|first=Aloke |date=24 September 2009|work=[[India Today]]|accessdate=19 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flonnet.com/fl2221/stories/20051021006202400.htm|title='Thunder' is just a memory|last=CHATTOPADHYAY|first=SUHRID SANKAR|date=8 October 2005|work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|accessdate=19 February 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207194610/http://www.flonnet.com/fl2221/stories/20051021006202400.htm|archivedate=7 February 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060425/asp/frontpage/story_6142420.asp|title='70s' nemesis, now comrade - Ex-Naxal leader Ashim Chatterjee on same side as Ray|last=Datta|first=Sujan|date=25 April 2006|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=19 February 2010}}</ref> He is popularly called as comrade ''Kaka''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/63259/Top%20Stories/The+new+face+of+Naxalism.html|title=The new face of Naxalism|last=Banerjee|first=Aloke |date=24 September 2009|work=[[India Today]]|accessdate=19 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flonnet.com/fl2221/stories/20051021006202400.htm|title='Thunder' is just a memory|last=CHATTOPADHYAY|first=SUHRID SANKAR|date=8 October 2005|work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|accessdate=19 February 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207194610/http://www.flonnet.com/fl2221/stories/20051021006202400.htm|archivedate=7 February 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
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Ashim Chatterjee is an Indian politician and a former Naxalite leader.[1] He was a student of the then Presidency College, Kolkata, and leader of firstly Bengal Provincial Student's Federation (then student wing of Communist Party of India (Marxist)) and then student leader of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) in Calcutta.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4] He is popularly called as comrade Kaka.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ↑ 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. 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.