Anadi Das

Not to be confused with Anadi Charan Das.

Anadi Charan Das was an Indian politician, belonging to the Revolutionary Communist Party of India.[1]

Das was a Central Committee member of RCPI.[2] Das contested the Howrah West constituency seat of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in the 1957 election.[3] Das finished in third place with 5,378 votes (20.04%).[3]

Das won the Howrah West constituency seat in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in the 1962 election.[1][4] He defeated the incumbent assembly speaker Bankim Chandra Kar.[4][5][6] Das obtained 19,770 votes (44.59%).[4] He contested the Howrah Central constituency seat in the 1967 election.[7] Das finished in second place with 15,663 votes (32.48%).[7] As of 1967 he served as president of the National Screw & Wire Products Workmen's Union as well as the Asia Electric Workers' Union, both being affiliated with the All India Trade Union Congress.[8]

He won the Howrah Central seat in the 1969 election.[1] Das obtained 28522 votes (58.85%).[9]

Das and the other RCPI legislator M. Mokshed Ali were expelled from RCPI by party general secretary Sudhindranath Kumar in July 1969 for "anti-Party and anti-UF activities".[10][11][12] The expulsion provoked a split in RCPI, with Anadi Das leading his own RCPI faction.[13] Ahead of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1971 the RCPI (Anadi Das group) joined the Communist Party of India-led Eight Party Coalition.[14] Das ran on an independent ticket in Howrah Central, against Kumar.[15] Das finished in fourth place with 2,711 votes (8.55%).[15]

Das' faction later joined the S.N. Tagore-led RCPI faction.[16] After the death of Tagore, RCPI (S.N. Tagore group) was split, with Das leading one of the factions.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee. Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952-1991. The Committee. p. 416.
  2. ↑ International Bulletin. The General Election Results in India
  3. 1 2 Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1957 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
  4. 1 2 3 Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1962 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
  5. ↑ Quatrième internationale. 1962. p. 80.
  6. ↑ Legislative Bodies in India. LIST SHOWING NAMES OF PRESIDING OFFICERS OF THE LEGISLATURE IN BENGAL / WEST BENGAL
  7. 1 2 Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
  8. ↑ West Bengal (India). Dept. of Labour (1967). Labour Gazette. pp. 425, 627.
  9. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1969 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
  10. ↑ Janata. 24. 1969.
  11. ↑ S. N. Sadasivan (1977). Party and democracy in India. Tata McGraw-Hill. p. 90.
  12. ↑ Society for Study of State Governments (1970). Journal of Society for Study of State Governments. 3. p. 94.
  13. ↑ Notes et études documentaires (3851–3874 ed.). La Documentation Française. 1972. p. 76.
  14. ↑ N. Jose Chander (1 January 2004). Coalition Politics: The Indian Experience. Concept Publishing Company. p. 101. ISBN 978-81-8069-092-1.
  15. 1 2 Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1971 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
  16. 1 2 Alexander, Robert J.. Trotskyism in India
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