Bindeshwari Singh
Comrade Bindheswari Singh, a veteran communist leader and the District Committee member of CPI (ML) Bhojpur unit, passed away on the morning of 3 December 2015. He was suffering from cancer. Com. Bindheswari hailed from Tarari and had played great role in the Bhojpur movement.
The Party along with thousands of masses pay homage to the departed leader !
Red salute to comrade Bindeshwari Singh !
Dr. B. D. Sharma
Dr. Brahm Dev Sharma, a committed defender of the rights of Adivasis and the 5th schedule areas, passed away on 6 December 2015. He was 86. An IAS officer, he committed his life fighting the oppression and exploitation of the poor, particularly the adivasis. His contribution to democratic movements and official policies aimed at strengthening democracy at the grassroots and defending the rights and livelihood of those in the forest areas was remarkable and will always be remembered. He played an instrumental role in framing of several key policies affecting the lives of poor living in rural and forest areas, such as the Forest Rights Act and the Panchayat Extension of Scheduled Areas Act (PESA) which enables the Gram Sabhas to govern their own resources in scheduled areas. He also served as the Vice Chancellor of the North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) in Shillong in Meghalaya and as the commissioner of the National Scheduled Caste and Scheduled tribe Commission, after resigning from the government.
In times of increased assaults on lives and livelihoods of people by way of policies like land acquisition and open invitation to the corporate to loot the natural resources especially in the forest regions, a real tribute to Dr. B. D. Sharma’s legacy would be by strengthening the movements against anti-people policies of the government and for defending people’s rights and livelihood.
CPI (ML) salutes the legacy of Dr. B.D. Sharma.
Red Salute to People’s Poet Vidrohi !
Inimitable revolutionary poet Vidrohi passed away on 8 December. Ever since his days as a JNU student several decades ago, he dedicated himself and his poetry to students’ and people’s movements. He was a constant presence in JNU, and no struggle or protest in Delhi was complete without Vidrohi ji’s sharp and honest poetic voice. Fittingly, he spent his last days and hours among his beloved students, with the Occupy UGC movement, and he came to the UGC to join AISA in the all India March to Jantar Mantar. All students at the anti-WTO Convention today observed two minutes silence in Vidrohi ji’s memory.
Vidrohi ji was also active with the Jan Sanskriti Manch, and an award winning documentary film had been made by young filmmaker Nitin on him, titled ‘Main tumhara kavi hun’ (I am your poet).
Vidrohi never wrote his poems, only recited them. But his poems will never be forgotten, his voice, challenging every power boldly, from rulers to gods, will inspire movements always!
