- Veteran CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta passed away due to complications of lung cancer on 31st October 2019. He was 82 years.
- Dasgupta was a member of Rajya Sabha for three terms (1985-2000), and member of Lok Sabha for two terms (2004-2014).
- The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a communist political party in India and one of the eight national parties of India.
i) Founded on 26th December 1925
ii) Founder - M.N. Roy, Abani Mukherji, Ahmed Hasan, Hasrat Mohani, Rafiq Ahmed, Sultan Ahmed Khan Tarin
iii) Secretary-General - D. Raja
iv) Lok Sabha leader - K. Subbarayan
v) Rajya Sabha leader - Binoy Viswam
Published On : 01 Nov 2019
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