“ We will Cherish the Memories of the Departed Leaders!” Revolutionary Homage Paid to Comrades Khudan Mallick and Kotaiah
A condolence meeting was held in Sundarayya vigyan Bhavan, Hyderabad on 17-12- 2017 in memory of two members of the Central Control Commission of CPI( ML) – comrades Khudan Mallick and K. Kotaiah who passed away in the last week of November, 2017.
The meeting was presided by Com, Nalla Swamy Rao, Member of Telangana State Committee. The meeting observed 2-minute silence after paying floral tributes to the departed comrades.
Speaking on the occasion, Com. P. Jaswantha rao, Editor,‘ Class Struggle’, said that the passing away of two senior leaders is a great setback to the peoples movements and the party. Even at the age of 90 years Com. Khudan used to work among the adivasis and tea garden workers in the Darjeeling district. Throughout his life Com. Khudan Mallick’ s commitment to Marxism-Leninism and peoples movement was unflinching. He visited China along with other leaders when severe repression was unleashed on the Naxalbari movement. The Chinese leadership pointed out the
22 mistakes committed by the then leadership of CPI( ML) and advised to conduct the Indian revolution by applying Marxism-Leninism to the concrete conditions in India. Com. Jaswanth paid revolutionary tribute to com. Kotaiah pointing out the best qualities of him and asked the cadre to emulate him in their work among the people.
Com. Narahari, a close friend of Com Kotaiah, described his acquaintance with Kotaiah in their student days.
Com. Nikhileawar, Revolutionary poet, paid tributes to Com. Kotaiah and Khudan Mallick. He said achieving unity of the communist Revolutionaries is very much needed in the context of intensified attacks on the lives of people and on Marxist ideology.
Com. D. V. Krishna, CPI( ML) ND, paid tributes to the departed leaders. He remembered his acquaintance with Com Kotaiah and said that the revolutionaries should build the united movements of the people.
Com. Murahari, leader of SUCI, said that Com. Kotaiah was a mass leader and agitator and narrated some of his meetings with Comrade Kotaiah.
Com. Varavara Rao, leader of Virasam, paid homage to both the departed leaders. He said it is imperative on the part of communist forces to join hands to fight against ongoing onslaught on various sections of people and communal fascism.
Com. Srinivas, CPI( ML)-ND. paid tributes to Com. Kotaiah and Khudan Mallick and said that it is high time that all the revolutionaries should think about the unity keeping aside the differences.
Com. Prasad, secretary of Telangana state committee, of CPI( ML) called upon the cadre to rededicate them to building peoples movement and turn them towards new democratic revolution.
Com G. Vijayakumar, CCM, and Jhansi, President of RCS( AP) paid revolutionary homage to the leaders and pledged to take forward the revolutionary movement.
Comrades Uppalayya, of Telangana Rytu Cooli Sangham, Mallesh of AIFTU( New), and S. Narsaiah of TRCS, also paid tributes to com. Khudan malik and Kotaiah.
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