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CPI(M) mourns Nripen Chakraborty's death

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, DEC. 25. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) today mourned the death of its senior leader and former Tripura Chief Minister, Nripen Chakraborty, who died in Kolkata. Describing him as one of the founders of the Communist movement in Tripura, the party said that he, along with the late Dasrath Deb, laid the foundations of a strong Communist movement in the State.

Pioneering role

The party's Polit Bureau said the two played a pioneering role in the fight against the feudal aristocracy and for national independence. "It is due to their efforts that the integration of the tribals into the national mainstream has taken place," the party said in a statement.

Elected successively in elections to the State Assembly, Mr. Chakraborty headed the first Left Front government in Tripura in 1978 and continued in office till 1988. He was jailed several times and spent many years underground.

Mr. Chakraborty was elected to the party's central committee in 1972 and to its Polit Bureau in 1983. He was expelled from the CPI (M) in 1995 for opposing its decision on change of leadership in the State. However, considering his long years of service to the Communist movement, the Party decided to readmit him.

The CPI (M) said Mr. Chakraborty's sacrifices for the cause of the people and the party made him immensely popular in the State and outside and that he led a simple and spartan life.

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