Biman Bose (born 1 July 1940) is an Indian politician who was once state Secretary of the West Bengal Communist Party of India (Marxist).[1] He was later succeeded by his trusted aide, Surya Kanta Mishra, although he remained a Politburo member of the party.[2] He is also Chairman of the Left Front committee of West Bengal.[3][4]
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 the Left Front | |
| Assumed office 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Sailen Dasgupta |
| West Bengal State Secretary of the CPI(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] | |
Early life
editBiman Bose was an alumnus of Maulana Azad College, under the University 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
editBose 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 of Students Federation of India in 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 by Pramod Dasgupta.
Political career
editHe was made a permanent invitee to the CPI (M) Central Committee in 1983 and was elected as a regular member of the in 1985. [6] Promode Dasgupta asked Bose to contest from the Bankura Lok Sabha constituency in 1980 Indian general election. However, he declined the offer and insisted to work in the organisation. Bose then selected Basudeb Acharia to contest from Bankura upon instructions from Dasgupta. [7]
He was elected as a member of the Politburo in 1998.[8]
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 of Left 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. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "CPM politburo meet on poll debacle on". The Times of India. Press Trust of India. 18 May 2009. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ "National : Biman Bose will stay: Jyoti Basu". The Hindu. 5 May 2007. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ Our Special Correspondent (18 April 2010). "The Telegraph – Calcutta (Kolkata) | Bengal | New faces crowd Left Front civic poll list". The Telegraph. India. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ West Bengal State Committee, CPI (M). "Com. BIMAN BASU". CPI (M) West Bengal State Committee. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ West Bengal State Committee, CPI (M). "Com. BIMAN BASU". CPI (M) West Bengal State Committee. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ https://www.anandabazar.com/video/ex-cpm-mp-basudeb-acharia-died-md-salim-expressed-his-gratitude-dgtl/cid/1474233
- ^ West Bengal State Committee, CPI (M). "Com. BIMAN BASU". CPI (M) West Bengal State Committee. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2014.