The 13th martyrdom anniversary of Com. Rameshwar Ravidas was observed on 18 June 2017 at village Surunga in Baliyapur Block, Dhanbad district. The memorial meeting at Surunga began with garlanding and tributes at Com Rameshwar’s life-size statue at the memorial site. Com Rameshwar was a well-known labour leader in the Jhariya coal belt. He was himself a colliery worker. He was a Communist warrior dedicated to achieving political rights of the working class and was beloved of the colliery workers as an honest leader always ready to fight for justice. He was a member of the CPI (ML) Dhanbad District Committee.
Addressing the memorial meeting the speakers stressed that just as there is an upsurge of dalit movement in Gujarat and Saharanpur (UP)in the face of the present situation of pro-corporate communal-fascist attacks, so also a fighting spirit of unity is being forged among dalits, Muslims and adivasis against fascist attacks in Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Gujarat and other States. We must stress upon learning from the life of Com Rameshwar Ravidas in order to carry forward the fight in the path shown by Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh. The meeting concluded with a resolution to strengthen and extend the Party organization among the dalits.
