Ajit Sarkar
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Ajit Sarkarborn 1947 was a member of Communist Party of India (Marxist)
. He was the member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly for Purnea constituency.He entered politics through the Student’s Federation of India, the CPM’s youth wing, and is still remembered in these parts as a firebrand leader who took up the cause of the landless and the poor. He represented Purnea four times in the Assembly between 1980 and 1998 for 18 years until 14 June 1998 when he was gunned down with his driver Harendra Sharma and party worker Ashfaqur Rehman in broad daylight at Subhash Nagar in Purnea, along with his driver and a party worker.
1980 to 1998
Ajit Sarkar of CPI(M) defeated Sharda Prasad Singh of Congress in 1980, Kamaldeo Narayan Sinha of Congress in 1985, Ravindra Narayan Singh of JD in 1990 and Rajesh Ranjan of SP in 1995.
Ajit Sarkar murder case
Ajit Sarkar was a firebrand CPI-M member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Purnia, and active in farmer politics. He had a long history of animosity with Pappu Yadav. On 1998-06-14, he was gunned down in broad daylight at Subhash Nagar in Purnia, along with his driver and a party worker.[4] At that time, Pappu Yadav had left RJD. So, in 1999, Pappu Yadav was arrested for the murder. Eventually, the investigation was transferred from the Bihar Police to the CBI, who charged Pappu Yadav along with four others, for organizing the murder.
Pappu Yadav was jailed in Sikkim, but he used his political connections to turn Beur jail into his"fiefdom".[5] There was considerable media attention[6] on Yadav's conduct in Tihad jail, with the Indian Supreme Court investigating the alleged violation of prison rules. Yadav was accused by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of making about 640 calls from his mobile phone, many of them to prominent people.[7] In January 2005, the Supreme Court of India ordered that phone jammers be installed in the jails to prevent inmates from using mobile phones.
Yadav was also accused of re-entering Beur Jail after he was released on official bail, and holding a party for the inmates of the jail. The main warden was suspended when the news of the event came to light. Eventually, in 2004, Yadav was transferred to Tihar Jail in Delhi.
RISE OF JUNIOR AJIT SARKAR
Amit Sarkar the son of the slain CPM leader Ajit Sarkar is now the party’s candidate from his father’s constituency for the Bihar polls. Amit left for Melbourne in 2000 leaving behind his mother Madhvi and two sisters. He completed a bachelor’s degree in engineering with information technology and an MBA. Now having quit his well-paid job with Aegis Australia to take to the heat and dust of the electoral battle in Purnea. |url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100929/jsp/bihar/story_12995250.jsp
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of...
. He was the member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly for Purnea constituency.He entered politics through the Student’s Federation of India, the CPM’s youth wing, and is still remembered in these parts as a firebrand leader who took up the cause of the landless and the poor. He represented Purnea four times in the Assembly between 1980 and 1998 for 18 years until 14 June 1998 when he was gunned down with his driver Harendra Sharma and party worker Ashfaqur Rehman in broad daylight at Subhash Nagar in Purnea, along with his driver and a party worker.
1980 to 1998
Ajit Sarkar of CPI(M) defeated Sharda Prasad Singh of Congress in 1980, Kamaldeo Narayan Sinha of Congress in 1985, Ravindra Narayan Singh of JD in 1990 and Rajesh Ranjan of SP in 1995.
Ajit Sarkar murder case
Ajit Sarkar was a firebrand CPI-M member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Purnia, and active in farmer politics. He had a long history of animosity with Pappu Yadav. On 1998-06-14, he was gunned down in broad daylight at Subhash Nagar in Purnia, along with his driver and a party worker.[4] At that time, Pappu Yadav had left RJD. So, in 1999, Pappu Yadav was arrested for the murder. Eventually, the investigation was transferred from the Bihar Police to the CBI, who charged Pappu Yadav along with four others, for organizing the murder.
Pappu Yadav was jailed in Sikkim, but he used his political connections to turn Beur jail into his"fiefdom".[5] There was considerable media attention[6] on Yadav's conduct in Tihad jail, with the Indian Supreme Court investigating the alleged violation of prison rules. Yadav was accused by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of making about 640 calls from his mobile phone, many of them to prominent people.[7] In January 2005, the Supreme Court of India ordered that phone jammers be installed in the jails to prevent inmates from using mobile phones.
Yadav was also accused of re-entering Beur Jail after he was released on official bail, and holding a party for the inmates of the jail. The main warden was suspended when the news of the event came to light. Eventually, in 2004, Yadav was transferred to Tihar Jail in Delhi.
RISE OF JUNIOR AJIT SARKAR
Amit Sarkar the son of the slain CPM leader Ajit Sarkar is now the party’s candidate from his father’s constituency for the Bihar polls. Amit left for Melbourne in 2000 leaving behind his mother Madhvi and two sisters. He completed a bachelor’s degree in engineering with information technology and an MBA. Now having quit his well-paid job with Aegis Australia to take to the heat and dust of the electoral battle in Purnea. |url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100929/jsp/bihar/story_12995250.jsp