CPI(ML) commemorated the first Memorial Day of Comrade Ramnaresh Ram, veteran of the communist movement in the country and one of the founder leaders of revolutionary peasant movement of Bhojpur, on 26 October 2011. A pledge taking meeting was organised in Arrah on this occasion, while his memorial was inaugurated in Sahar. A booklet on Comrade Ram Naresh’s life and works was released at the Pledge Meeting. A minute’s silence was observed in the memory of Comrade Ramnaresh Ram. The meeting at Ara was addressed by CPI(ML) Politburo member Swadesh Bhattacharya. Sudhir Suman introduced the booklet which was released on the occasion. Comrades Rameshwar Prasad, President AIALA, Dhirendra Jha, Gen. Sec. AIALA, Party CCM Amar, Ex-MLA Arun Singh, Party Bihar State Committee member Sudama Prasad, and many other leaders were present on this occasion. Agrenand Chaudhary of Swami Sahajanand Saraswati Vichar Manch, Prof. Parasnath Singh, Prof. Ramtavkya Singh, Prof. Tungnath Chaudhary, Dr. BK Prasad, Dr. Ashutosh Prasad, Dr. Suniti Prasad and many other prominent citizens of the region were also present.
Comrade Ramnaresh Ram’s memorial was inaugurated at the banks of Sone river in Sahar block headquarter, by Comrade Swadesh Bhattacharya. The memorial is being built on the land donated by party’s activist Manager Thakur who himself hails from the rural poor background. AIALA District President Siddhanath Ram hoisted the flag. Kamta Prasad Singh of AIALA spoke of the revolutionary struggles which achieved social dignity for the rural poor and resisted feudal terror. Comrade Dhirendra Jha addressed the gathering at the inaugural function. Peoples’ poet Krishna Kumar Nirmohi recited poems in memory of Comrade Ramnaresh Ram. Comrade Ramkishore Rai conducted the inauguration meeting.
Nearly 350 political prisoners in Ara jail held a memorial meeting led by Comrades Digree Yadav, Satish, Mahendra Singh and Hareram.
