Leba Chand Tudu

Leba Chand Tudu
লেবা চাঁদ টুডু
Gopiballavpur Area Secretary of CPI(ML)
In office
1969–1971
General Secretary of SOC, CPI(ML)
In office
16 August 1979 – 8 November 2021
West Bengal State committee member of CPI(ML) Liberation
In office
8 November 2021 – 2 July 2022
Personal details
Born(1949-01-13)13 January 1949
Jhargram, West Bengal
Died2 July 2022[1]
Midnapore, West Bengal
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (from 2021)
Other political
affiliations		CPI(ML) (1969–1971)
PCC, CPI(ML)(1971–1978)
SOC, CPI(ML) (1979–2021)
ProfessionPolitician, social activist

Leba Chand Tudu (Bengali: লেবা চাঁদ টুডু); was an Indian Communist politician. In August 1969, he was included in the Bengal-Bihar-Orissa Border Regional Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist).[2] As of 1970 he was the Gopibhallavpur Area Committee secretary of CPI(ML).[3] He emerged as a leader of tribal communities in Jhargram district,[4] and struggled for promotion of Santhali language.[5] Tudu was released from jail in 1977.[5] He contested the Nayagram Assembly constituency seat in the 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.[6] He finishing in third place with 7,071 votes (17.49%).[7] He stood as a candidate in the Jhargram constituency in the 1980 Indian general election, finishing in third place with 29,338 votes (5.97%).[8]

After the division of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist),[9] he led the State Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) as its general secretary between 1979 and 2021. On 8 November 2021, SOC, CPI(ML) merged on the CPI(ML) Liberation.[4][10] After the party merged, he became a member of the West Bengal State Committee member of CPI(ML) Liberation.[11]

  1. ^ "Clipping of the Statesman – Dainik-Statesman".
  2. ^ Amar Bhattacharya (2007). Revolution Unleashed: A History of Naxalbari Movement in India, 1964–1972. Sampark. p. 64. ISBN 9788177680539.
  3. ^ Amiya K. Samanta. Left Extremist Movement in West Bengal: An Experiment in Armed Agrarian Struggle. Firma KLM, 1984. p.
  4. ^ a b "আসানসোলে নভেম্বর বিপ্লব বার্ষিকী কনভেনশন থেকে পার্টিতে ঐক্যবদ্ধ হলেন কমিউনিস্ট বিপ্লবী শক্তি". Communist Party of India Marxist-Leninist Liberation. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  5. ^ a b Who's who in 1982 Assembly Election, West Bengal: Personalities and Party Manifesto. Merchants' Club, 1982. p. xxii
  6. ^ Partha Nath Mukherji (1983). From Left Extremism to Electoral Politics: Naxalite Participation in Elections. Manohar. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-8364-1096-9.
  7. ^ "Nayagram Assembly Constituency Election Result – Legislative Assembly Constituency".
  8. ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1980 TO THE SEVENTH LOK SABHA VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)
  9. ^ வினவு (25 September 2021). "காவி – கார்ப்பரேட் பாசிசத்தை முறியடிப்போம் || SOC, CPI(ML) செயல்தந்திரம்". வினவு. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  10. ^ "আজকের দেশব্রতী : ১১ নভেম্বর ২০২১ (অনলাইন সংখ্যা)". Communist Party of India Marxist-Leninist Liberation. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  11. ^ meisai.org.il. Asian and African Studies: Vol. 18, No. 2. אילמ"א.