Red Salute to Comrade Shambhu Nath Singh! AND Tribute to Comrade Sacchida Babu
Red Salute to Comrade Shambhu Nath Singh!
Veteran comrade Shambhu Nath Singh breathed his last on 29 November 2008 in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. He was 87. Comrade SN Singh joined the Communist Party in 1949 and was instrumental in forming a traders’ organization in Vishwanath Gali of Varanasi, the area where lies the disputed site of Kashi Vishwanath Mandir-Gyanvapi Masjid. Influenced by the initiatives of CPI(ML) against the communal fascist forces in the early 90s, Comrade Singh joined our party in 1992 and remained a dedicated communist till his end. The Varanasi party office was his home and the party as his family, till his dying day.
Comrade Shambhu Nath Singh, your memory and example will continue to inspire us always!
Tribute to Comrade Sacchida Babu
Comrade Sacchidanand Prasad, fondly known as Sacchida Babu passed away and his home in Patna on 6 January 2009. He was 73. Since 1969-70, he had been in touch with the party. Defying state repression, he had used his home as a party shelter, and during emergency, he had even been jailed under MISA for 18 months as a result. In spite of pressure to turn informer, he never gave in and never betrayed the party.
Throughout the 70s, he worked on the front of translation, publications, and ideological education. He encouraged his wife and daughters to join the movement; his daughter was part of the women’s cultural group ‘Chorus’, which was formed with encouragement from him and Comrade Maheshwar. As an employee in the Patna Secretariat, he organised other employees to form a union. He played a leading role in the anti-communal movement following the Babri Masjid demolition.
Red Salute to Sacchida Babu!
