Memorial Meeting Pays Tribute to Comrade Shambhu Mahato and Martyr Joseph Lugun
Jhargram, August 26, 2026:
A memorial and tribute meeting was organised at Ananya Reception auditorium in Jhargram, W est Bengal, in honour of Comrade Shambhu Mahato alias Prafull Kumar, member of the Central Committee of the CPI( ML), Secretary of its Jharkhand Provincial Committee, and a leader of the All India Khet Mazdoor Kisan Sabha and Hul Jharkhand Kranti Dal, as well as Martyr Joseph Lugun, former Gumla District President of the Hul Jharkhand Kranti Dal. The meeting was organised by the family and relatives of Comrade Shambhu Mahato and was attended by leaders and activists of the CPI( ML) and Hul Jharkhand Kranti Dal from Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar and Odisha, representatives of various communist revolutionary organisations, left-oriented intellectuals, representatives of Jharkhand Qaumi Ekta, and members of Comrade Shambhu Mahato’ s family. Comrade Reena Rana, wife of Comrade Shambhu Mahato, along with their son Kishalay and other family members, paid floral tributes to the portraits of Comrade Shambhu Mahato and Martyr Joseph Lugun, followed by a twominute silence in their memory.
The meeting was conducted by a four-member presidium comprising Comrades Siya Sharan Sharma, Manas Sarkar, Jaswa Kachhap and Sailen Bhattacharya. Among those who addressed the gathering were Comrade Srikanta Mohanty, Central Committee Member of the CPI( ML), and National General Secretary of the AIKMKS; Comrade Nand Kishore Singh, Secretary of the Bihar Provincial Committee of the CPI( ML); Comrade Siya Sharan Sharma, Working Secretary of the Jharkhand Provincial Committee;
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Comrade Sujoy Roy, leader of AIFTU( New), Jharkhand; Sailen Bhattacharya of CPI( ML)-New Democracy; Comrade Niranjan Bera of CPI( ML)-Mass Line; Comrade Bablu Banerjee of CPI( ML)-Liberation; Comrade Manthan of Jan Mukti Sangharsh Vahini; Comrade Gautam Kumar Bose of Jharkhand Qaumi Ekta Sangh; Comrade Birsa Hembrom, Rajen Hansda, Bhardul Ram and Somnath Bedia of Hul Jharkhand Kranti Dal; Pintu Dey of West Bengal; Comrade Amrit Paira of MKP; and Comrade Partha Moulik of AIFTU( New), West Bengal, among others. Family members, including Comrade Shambhu Mahato’ s sister-in-law and nephew Pratik Kumar, also participated. A written statement by Prof. Anuj Kumar Lugun was read out by Amar Jyoti of Gaya, Bihar. Comrade Basu, a people’ s song singer from Odisha, paid tribute through democratic and revolutionary songs.
The speakers shared memories of Comrade Shambhu Mahato’ s revolutionary life and recalled the people’ s struggles conducted under his leadership. They remembered him as a dedicated, committed and
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sincere communist activist and leader, inspired by high communist ideals and devoted throughout his life to the liberation of the working class and the exploited and oppressed people. His simplicity, humility and gentleness were also recalled as integral features of his personality. Martyr Joseph Lugun was remembered for his contribution to the struggles for the protection of forests and the rights of Adivasi communities. The speakers emphasised that the genuine tribute to both comrades lies in carrying forward their legacy through struggles for people’ s rights, social justice, water, forests and land, Adivasi and local rights, workers’ and farmers’ rights, and against exploitation and injustice. They also stressed that differences among revolutionary and left organisations should not prevent dialogue, mutual respect and cooperation on common people’ s issues. The meeting resolved to advance the political and revolutionary traditions of the two comrades and the struggle for a democratic and socialist social order free from exploitation. �
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