Chandrashekhar Prasad: Difference between revisions

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| name         = Chandrashekhar Prasad

| image       = Chandrasekhar Prasad.jpg

| caption     = Prasad at the time of JNU election

| birth_date   = {{birth date|df=yes|1964|9|20}}

| birth_place = [[Siwan, Bihar]], India

| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1997|3|31|1964|9|20|df=y}}

| death_cause = [[Assassination]]

| education   = [[Sainik School, Tilaiya]]<br />[[Patna University]]<br />

| occupation   = [[Activist]]<br />Student

| organization = [[All India Students Association]] (AISA)

| party       = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation]]

| mother       = Kaushalya Devi

Chandrashekhar Prasad was born on 20 September 1964 in [[Siwan, Bihar]]. His father was a sergeant in the [[Indian Air Force]] who died of a heart attack when he was 8 years old. His mother, Kaushalya Devi states that she only got {{INRConvert|150||lk=on|year=1973}} as compensation for her husband's service to the forces but made sure her son was educated well.<ref name=":5">{{cite web|url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main30.asp?filename=Ne020607Betrayed_by.asp|title=Betrayed by Revolution: "'The CPI (ML) hails Chandrashekhar as a martyr. But his aged mother feels her son's sacrifice was in vain''|date=2 September 2016|publisher=[[Tehelka]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310142820/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main30.asp?filename=Ne020607Betrayed_by.asp|archive-date=10 March 2016|access-date=2 September 2016}}</ref> Chandrashekhar completed his [[intermediate education]] at [[Sainik School, Tilaiya|Sainik School]] in [[Jhumri Telaiya|Jhumri Tilaiya]]. Following his schooling, he was selected for [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]] training in [[Pune]]. He joined the program but left it after 2 years stating dissatisfaction.<ref name=":1" /> He subsequently enrolled in [[Patna University]] and became involved in the [[All India Students Federation]] as an active member but became disillusioned with the federation some time afterwards. In 1990, he joined [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] for a [[MPhil]] degree in [[English literature]]. He later started working on a PhD on Bihar's popular folk theater form ''Bidesia'' but was assassinated before he could complete it.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/red-island-erupts/203394|title=Red Island Erupts|last=Joshi|first=Rajesh|date=16 April 1997|website=[[Outlook India]]|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref>

Chandrashekhar Prasad became associated with the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]] during the formation of the [[All India Students Association]].<ref name=":3" /> In an [[Aligarh]] town hall, he expressed his desire to bring a "revolution" for clean politics in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2016/feb/18/kanhaiya-should-not-meet-slain-jnu-student-leader-chandrashekhar-prasads-fate/5244279a83113d990e77197300fd9af3|title=Kanhaiya should not meet slain JNU student leader Chandrashekhar Prasad's fate|last=Rahmani|first=Hussain|date=18 February 2016|website=[[Rediff]]|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> He is credited with almost single-handedly building up the All India Students Association during his stay in Jawaharlal Nehru University. He was elected to the body of the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union]] as the vice president for one term and president for two terms. He is described to have played a key role in creating the foundations of [[Workers rights|labourers]], [[Student rights in higher education|students]], [[Women's rights|women's]] and [[dalit]]s rights movements among the students community. After completing his M.Phil., he decided to move back to his hometown of Siwan to start a movement there.<ref name=":1" />

On 26 February 2012, following the investigation by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]], a [[special court]]<ref name=":5" /> convicted 3 of the accused, sentenced them to [[life imprisonment]] and fined each of them a sum of {{INRConvert|40000||lk=on|year=2012}}. The general secretary [[Dipankar Bhattacharya]] however expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict and stated that the verdict was "disappointing inadequate" and that the courts had skirted the "political charecterisation of the murder" by ignoring the charges on [[Mohammad Shahabuddin]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/three-sentenced-to-life-in-chandrasekhar-murder-case/article3220897.ece|title=Three sentenced to life in Chandrasekhar murder case|date=2012-03-25|work=The Hindu|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402111424/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/three-sentenced-to-life-in-chandrasekhar-murder-case/article3220897.ece|archive-date=2020-04-02|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> the prime accused in the case. On 23 March 2012, a fourth accused was sentenced for life whose trial had run separately and a fifth accused had died during the course of the trials, therefore, no convictions were brought against him.<ref name=":2" /> Following the trials, the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]] states that the CBI treated the crime like a case of random shooting instead of a political assassination. The party maintains the position that no justice was granted with the verdict where a young activist was killed by a sitting member of Parliament and only his [[hitmen]] were sentenced.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.archive.cpiml.org/liberation/year_2012/may_2012/commentary_4.html|title=Who Is the Real Killer of Comrade Chandrashekhar?|website=Liberation - CPIML Archives|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref>

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