[Marxistindia] Comrade Nirupam Sen

[news from the cpi(m)]

December 24, 2018

Press Release

 

Comrade Nirupam Sen

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses deep
grief at the passing away of Comrade Nirupam Sen, former member of the Polit
Bureau and an outstanding leader of the Party. He died on December 24 after
a prolonged illness at the age of 72. 

 

Nirupam Sen began his political life as a student activist and became a
prominent leader of the Bengal Provincial Student Federation and later the
Students Federation of India. He joined the Party in 1964 and played an
active role in various struggles of the peasantry and the working class in
Burdwan district. In the early seventies, he had to go underground after
false cases were foisted on him.  

 

Sen became a wholetimer of the Party in 1968. He played a key role in
expanding the Party in Burdwan district where he served as the secretary of
the district committee from 1989 to 1995.  

 

Nirupam Sen was elected to the West Bengal state committee in 1985 and he
became a member of the state secretariat in 1995. He was elected to the
Central Committee at the 16th Congress in 1998. He became a member of the
Polit Bureau in 2008.  After his ill health, he became a Special Invitee to
the Central Committee between 2015 and 2018.

 

Comrade Sen was elected to the West Bengal State Assembly thrice.  In 2001
he became the Industry and Commerce Minister in the Left Front government
for two terms.  As a Minister, he played a leading role in mapping out the
industrial development of West Bengal and in formulating policies concerning
human resources development, rural education, primary health infrastructure
and Self Help Groups.

 

Nirupam Sen was an articulate exponent of Marxism and wrote extensively for
Party papers. He was a popular speaker who could effectively put forth the
Party's views on various subjects. In 2013, he suffered a brain hemorrhage
and was partially paralysed. Despite this disability, he continue to attend
meetings and keep contact with comrades.

 

Nirupam Sen was a dedicated Marxist who endeared himself to all with his
gentle and modest behavior.

 

In his death, the Party and the Left movement have lost a valuable leader.
The Polit Bureau pays respectful tribute to the memory of Nirupam Sen and
conveys its heartfelt condolences to his wife Chandrabali, his daughter, son
and other members of the family.  

 

 

 

(Hari Singh Kang)

For CPI(M) Central Committee office

 

 

 

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