Comrade Brajendranath Pandey and his wife Saroj Pandey were murdered at 2.30 am on 12 May 2010. The murder is attributed to a family dispute over land. Comrade Pandey was 80. He had joined the CPI in 1959 and when the CPI split in 1964 he joined the CPI(M). He was jailed during the Emergency. In 1994 he joined the CPI(ML) and remained a member till the end of his life. He attended the Party Congresses at Varanasi and Patna and was a member of the Madhya Pradesh State Leading Team. Comrade Pandey always raised his voice against deprivation and feudal oppression in Rewa.
His funeral was attended by Central Committee member Comrade Rajaram who bid farewell to him with the red flag. On 14 May a memorial meeting was held in Kothi Compound, Rewa. A condolence resolution was read out by Chhattisgarh State Secretary Comrade Brijendra Tiwari. The meeting was addressed among others by Comrade Rajaram, CPI(M)’s MP State Secretary Comrade Badal Saroj, the UP AICCTU State Secretary Com. Anil Varma, and many lawyers. The meeting demanded the sternest punishment for the killers. The meeting was presided over by Ajay Khare of the Samajwadi Jan Parishad, and conducted by socialist activist Subhas Srivastava.
