[Marxistindia] Conodolence: Ashok Mitra

[news from the cpi(m)]

May 1, 2018


Press Statement


The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses its
profound grief at the death of Ashok Mitra.

A noted economist and Left intellectual, Ashok Mitra was Finance Minister
in the first and second Left Front Governments in West Bengal under Jyoti
Basu. He also represented the CPI(M) in the Rajya Sabha. Ashok Mitra was
also in the West Bengal State Committee of the Party for some time.

He was deeply committed to the cause of the working class and toiling
masses of the country. Ashok Mitra also served as Chief Economic Adviser
to Government of India.

A prolific writer, Ashok Mitra contributed regularly to various dailies
and magazines.  And his writings were not limited to economics and
politics alone. Of late he had been editing a Bengali magazine Aarek
Rakam.

The Polit Bureau mourns his loss. It conveys its heartfelt condolences to
his family and to the large number of his admirers.






(Hari Singh Kang)
For Central Committee Office