Biman Bose
Biman Bose | |
|---|---|
 Bose in 2023 | |
| Member of Politburo,Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| In office 1998–2022 | |
| Preceded by | Sunil Maitra |
| Succeeded by | Ram Chandra Dome |
| Chairman of theLeft Front | |
| Assumed office 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Sailen Dasgupta |
| West Bengal State Secretary of theCPI(M) | |
| In office 2006–2015 | |
| Preceded by | Anil Biswas |
| Succeeded by | Surjya Kanta Mishra |
| General Secretary,Students' Federation of India | |
| In office 1970–1976 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Subhas Chakraborty |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1940 Calcutta,Bengal Presidency,British India |
| Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Residence | Kolkata |
| Source:[1] | |
Biman Bose(born 1 July 1940) is an Indian politician who was once state Secretary of theWest BengalCommunist Party of India (Marxist).[1]He was later succeeded by his trusted aide,Surya Kanta Mishra,although he remained aPolitburomember of the party.[2]He is also Chairman of theLeft Frontcommittee of West Bengal.[3][4]
Early life
[edit]Biman Bose was an alumnus ofMaulana Azad College,under theUniversity of Calcutta.During his educational experience, Bose was known to be involved in political and social activities. He participated in an election campaign during an assembly by-election in 1954, while he was still in school.
Though he was recommended for Party in 1957, he was not granted a position until 1958 due to the minimum age requirement being 18 years old. He participated in the movement against Bengal-Bihar merger in 1956 as well as the food movement in 1959, and was imprisoned in 1958.[5]
Early political life
[edit]Bose was elected Secretary of the Bengal Provincial Students' Federation, Kolkata district, and vice-president of the BPSF in 1964. Bose carried on his work as the Assistant Secretary of Indo-Vietnam Solidarity Committee in the mid-1960s.
He was the first All India Secretary ofStudents Federation of Indiain 1970. He continued in that position until 1976. He became a member of the West Bengal State Committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 1971 and a Secretariat member in 1978. He was mentored byPramod Dasgupta.
Political career
[edit]He was made a permanent invitee to the CPI (M) Central Committee in 1983 and was elected as a regular member of the in 1985. He was elected as a member of the Politburo in 1998.[6]
He played a key role in building and organizing the party in several parts of West Bengal, especially undivided Medinipur, Bankura and Puruliya districts.
He was also elected as the Chairman ofLeft Front (West Bengal)in 1998, after Sailen Dasgupta was relieved of the post due to health issues. This was the first time since 1977, that a person who was not the state Secretary of CPI (M) became chair of the Left Front.
Bose was also elected as state Secretary of CPI(M) in March 2005 after Anil Biswas died suddenly. He served in the position until 2015 when Surjya Kanta Mishra succeeded him.
In 2022, he left the State Secretariat, State Committee, the Central Committee and the Politburo of CPI(M) in one go adhering to the party's strict age-limit. However, he is still serving as the Chairperson of Left Front.
Later in 2022, he was made a special invitee to the central and state committee of CPI(M).
References
[edit]- ^BS Reporter (13 March 2015)."Surya Kanta Mishra replaces Biman Bose as CPI(M) Bengal unit secretary".Business Standard India.Archivedfrom the original on 3 July 2015.Retrieved16 March2015.
- ^"CPM politburo meet on poll debacle on".The Times of India.Press Trust of India. 18 May 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 11 August 2011.Retrieved9 July2012.
- ^"National: Biman Bose will stay: Jyoti Basu".The Hindu.5 May 2007. Archived fromthe originalon 6 November 2012.Retrieved9 July2012.
- ^Our Special Correspondent (18 April 2010)."The Telegraph – Calcutta (Kolkata) | Bengal | New faces crowd Left Front civic poll list".The Telegraph.India. Archived fromthe originalon 23 April 2010.Retrieved9 July2012.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^West Bengal State Committee, CPI (M)."Com. BIMAN BASU".CPI (M) West Bengal State Committee. Archived fromthe originalon 3 March 2016.Retrieved7 February2014.
- ^West Bengal State Committee, CPI (M)."Com. BIMAN BASU".CPI (M) West Bengal State Committee. Archived fromthe originalon 3 March 2016.Retrieved7 February2014.