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Sailen Dasgupta

Sri Sailen Dasgupta was a member of the Polit Bureau and Chairman of the Left Front committee in West Bengal.

Work

Comrade Sailen Dasgupta was one of the main organisers of the CPI(M) in West Bengal where he served as the Secretary of the State Committee from 1990 to 1998. He was also one of the key figures in the Left Front who played a major role in consolidating its strength and unity.

A political career spanning over six decades, Comrade Sailen Dasgupta was associated with activities of revolutionary terrorism carried out by the Anushilan Samiti pre-independence, before he joined the Communist Party in 1939, at the age of 19, one year after his matriculation. He was first arrested in 1936 for revolutionary activities and became a wholetimer of the Party in 1944. He worked for sometime as a worker in a cotton mill and later in the Kolkata port. He became a member of the State Council of the united CPI in 1954 and continued in the State Committee of the CPI(M) after the split. He became a member of the State Secretariat in 1982 and took over the Secretaryship of the State Committee after in early 1990 and remained deputed till 1998. He was elected to the Central Committee in the same year and to the Polit Bureau in 1991.

In his Party life, Comrade Sailen Dasgupta played an important role in the State Centre of the Party and also in the Central Committee office. When the CPI(M) Central Committee office was opened in 1966 in Calcutta, he joined the Party Centre. He worked there till the Central Committee office shifted to Delhi, a decade later. At the State Centre of the CPI(M), he discharged many important responsibilities for the Party. In recognition of this, he became the Secretary of the West Bengal State Committee of the CPI(M) and the Chairman of the Left Front Committee, duties that he carried out with distinction. He remained as the Chairman of the governing Left Front in West Bengal till his demise in 2001.

Personal Life

Sri Sailen Dasgupta was born in a poor family on October 24, 1920, in the Barishal district of undivided Bengal, British India.

Death

Sri Sailen Dasgupta died on the night of July 10, 2001 at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai, Maharashtra, where he had undergone a heart surgery. He was 81 years old.

Legacy

In making the CPI(M) and the Left Front a strong and consistent force in West Bengal, the contribution of Comrade Sailen Dasgupta was notable.

Comrade Sailen Dasgupta will always be remembered for his fine qualities. He was a leader who cared deeply for the cadres and his affectionate behaviour endeared him to all. Having gone through all sorts of difficulties in developing the Communist Party and the Communist movement, he gained valuable experience which helped the Party to face various situations. He played a significant role in promoting the publication of the Marxist and Party literature. In the last few years, despite bad health, he continued to contribute to Party work. He was active in the organisational work for the elections.

Comrade Sailen Dasgupta was exemplary in his unfailing devotion and meticulousness to work. He was modest in his behaviour and constantly strove to equip himself with Marxist ideology. His death is a grievous loss to the CPI(M) and the Left movement in the country. His memory will always be cherished by the Party ranks and Left supporters.

Comrade Sailen Dasgupta was exemplary in his unfailing devotion and meticulousness to work. He was modest in his behaviour and constantly strove to equip himself with Marxist ideology. His death is a grievous loss to the CPI(M) and the Left movement in the country. His memory will always be cherished by the Party ranks and Left supporters.