The 12th martyrdom day of popular CPI (ML) leader Com. Rameshwar Ravidas was observed on 18 June 2016 at his native village Surunga in Dhanbad district. CCW member Com. Shubhendu and hundreds of comrades and villagers garlanded the life-size statue of the martyr and paid tributes to his memory while resolving to carry forward his work and vision. Earlier, a rally was taken out through several neighbouring villages which, raising spirited slogans against the BJP government, mafia, and feudal forces, reached the venue of the event in the Surunga school grounds.
Com. Rameshwar Ravidas was a dedicated member of the Dhanbad district committee who used to lead people’s struggles from the days of the IPF. While working as an organized worker in BCCL he became a CPI(ML) activist. He was killed on 18 June 2004, by those forces who felt threatened by his activism.
