[11][25], In the following Bengal famine of 1943, the members of the Communist Party including Basu were involved in famine relief work. Basu refused to take it. Nov 09, 2022 [53] The association was joined in by various labour unions and opposition parties in support of their demand. The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, [79][71] Basu was imprisoned among other major communist leaders such as the former chief minister of Kerala, E. M. S. Namboodiripad, the organisational specialist Promode Dasgupta, the founding leader of Communist Party of India (Marxist), Hare Krishna Konar, the Indian revolutionary freedom fighter, Benoy Choudhury, the Telangana revolutionaries, Puchalapalli Sundarayya and Makineni Basavapunnaiah as well as some members of the rightist section such as the trade unionist A. "[71], In August 1969, Basu was also faced with a protest from the police department itself after the death of a policeman in a clash with the Socialist Unity Centre, one of the member parties of the United Front. [158] The CPI also supported the proposal. BJP has come up with a winning formula for elections, but is it good for India? 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[123] The number of landless rural households decreased by 35% during this period. During the negotiations between the two alliances, Basu was denied the position of chief minister due to opposition to the idea from the CPI and Bangla Congress,[87] all of whom eventually settled for Ajoy Mukherjee of the Bangla Congress as the consensus candidate for the position while Basu became the deputy chief minister and in-charge of the finance department. [18] He would later participate in the Tebhaga movement between 1945 and 1947 that sought to end the food crisis in Bengal, in a supportive capacity as a railway unionist. Department of Economic Affairs. [28][30], Following the partition of India, Basu remained as the member of the now divided West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Our election coverage from Gujarat and Himachal, stay updated. He was admitted to the Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, Haryana for the past few days, where he breathed his last. Former secretary general of Lok Sabha PDT Achary had explained to The Indian Express earlier that the provision mentioning pleasure of the Governor did not mean the Governor has the right to dismiss the Chief Minister or Ministers at will. They want to stop free electricity in Delhi but dont worry, till Kejriwal is alive, electricity will be free. [10][16], Basu's schooling began in 1920 at Loreto School Kindergarten in Dharmatala, Calcutta. [175] His second wife Kamala Basu had died on 1 October 2003. Hello, and welcome to Protocol Entertainment, your guide to the business of the gaming and media industries. But INC declined. [69] On the other hand, with the flare up of the Sino-Indian War, the leftist section of the Communist Party was portrayed as "prochina" by their opponents from both within and outside the party. There were also disagreements on distribution of ministerial portfolios after the expansion of the alliance. [14] Prafulla Chandra Ghosh of the conservative Indian National Congress became the first Chief Minister of West Bengal. [62] Initially the committee principally engaged itself in laying down demands for price control, redistribution of state lands and organising agitations with that in retrospect. [100][87] The CPI-M was only able to secure 14 seats and Basu for the first time lost his seat in the Baranagar constituency to his former associate Shiba Pada Bhattacharjee, who had remained in the CPI after the split in the party. [166] In the 19th congress held in early April 2008, Basu was eventually dis-included from the Politburo, although his membership in the Central Committee was not revoked. Jyoti Basu (born Jyotirindra Basu; 8 July 1914 17 January 2010) was an Indian Marxist theorist, communist activist, and politician. [146], After being sworn in as the Chief Minister Basu continued his work in the major work for which he was elected was that to change the Land Reform and he is said to be one of the best administrators in the history of West Bengal for the work. [87] The opposing alliance was led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) which included the previous members of the United Left Front alongside the Biplobi Bangla Congress, a splinter of the Bangla Congress. [177], Basu's death was reacted with grief across the country and in international. India News | Latest India News | Read latest and breaking news from India. [142] Some of the older, smaller Left Front constituents were uncomfortable with the expansion of the alliance, claiming that CPI(M) was diluting it politically. Basu and Yogendra Sharma, the secretaries of the state committees of the Communist Party in West Bengal and Bihar respectively issued a joint press statement calling the merger proposal to be "antidemocratic and reactionary". The star campaigner was himself Chief Minister Jyoti Basu who had pledged to visit all constituencies where CPI(M) had fielded candidates. The army buglers performed the last post as twenty one Gurkha troops fired a 21 volley rifle salute. [91], In the subsequent second United Front cabinet, Basu became both the deputy chief minister and in-charge of general administration and police. [117], In the first term of the coming to power, the Left Front government under Basu initiated a number of agrarian and institutional reforms which resulted in reduction of poverty rates, an exponential rise in agricultural production and decrease in political polarisation. India News - Find Latest India News and Breaking News today from India on Politics, Business, Entertainment, Technology, Sports, Lifestyle and more at Hindustan Times. [11][15] With the merger of the Bengal Nagpur Railway Worker's Union and the Bengal Delhi Railroad Worker's Union in the same year, Basu was elected the general secretary of the new combined union. [69][64], In the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election of 1962, Basu was once again re-elected as the representative of the Baranagar constituency and the Communist Party increased its vote share from 17.81% to 24.96%. He was one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India(Marxist). The police force who were trying to arrest him through the Preventive Detention Act were reluctant to enter the assembly to arrest a legislator. [131][130] The number of recorded bargardars increased from 0.4 to 1.2 million by 1982,[129][131] and resulted in the coverage of 50%+ output share concessions towards bargardars to increase from 10% to over 50% among registered bargardars and over 33% for unregistered bargardars. [145] Basu's party made the third win by securing a complete majority for third time in Bengal's history, and the Left front secured 187 in the election and defeating Indian National Congress and made his mark to Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi. [137] He was the one of the most powerful personality of the Left front after becoming the Chief Minister of West Bengal and was known to be the Chief artist of the Communist not only in the West Bengal, but also in the whole India. [159] The proposal was taken to CPI(M) by former CPI(M) General Secretary Harkishen Singh Surjeet. [15][11][14] Besides his general curriculum at UCL, he would attend various lectures on political organisation, constitutional law, international law and anthropology at the London School of Economics (LSE). Samajwadi Party supremo and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has passed away at the age of 82. On 26 April, Union Food Minister, Ajit Prasad Jain declared that the food situation in West Bengal was "easy, smooth and comfortable". In Nabam Rebia And Etc. [85] The CPI-M stood as the sole opposition party and Basu once again became the leader of opposition. From Tamil Nadu House, Surjeet called Prakash Karat to tell leaders to stay back for an emergency meeting. Earlier also he gave a notable number of tickets to student leaders and also worked for the Gurkhas who also voted him for his opposition to the Indian National Congress. [b], In 1987 West Bengal Election in West Bengal, Basu held the office for the third time as the Chief ministers of West Bengal after the win of CPM and their allies. [15], In 1938, he had also become a founding member of the London Majlis and subsequently its first secretary. [62][63] The leaders of the Communist Party adopted the twin strategy of organising anti-government mass movements by forming issue based committees to draw public support from beyond party lines and pressurise the government into providing relief measures while also badgering on about food scarcity on the floor of the legislative assembly to draw and retain public and media attention on the issue, Basu played a significant role in the latter with frequent moves for adjournment motions and participation in heated debates. Common Man's Party; abbr. World News - Find latest world news and headlines today based on politics, crime, entertainment, sports, lifestyle, technology and many more at Mid-day. [108] The proposition for the declaration of the emergency and the formal draft of the ordinance were both notably corroborated to have been forwarded by Siddhartha Shankar Ray. [121] The Human Development Index was also noted to have improved at a much faster rate than in other states, growing from being the lowest in the country in 1975 to above the national average in 1990. He was also granted the designation of Special Invitee to the Politburo, a form of emeritus status within the CPI(M). [92] The first six months of the second United Front government as a result experienced a record of 551 strikes and 73 union lockdowns across the state with a participation of approximately 570,000 workers. [52] This platform enabled the Communist Party under the leadership of Basu in West Bengal to exacerbate agitations against the prevalent food crisis in West Bengal by acting as the principal opposition on the floor of the assembly, increasing public awareness and providing a united front for agitators to rally around. [93][92] Previously in light of the appalling conditions of agrarian poverty and rural discontent, a radical section of the CPI-M had also split due to the party's involvement in parliamentary politics and subsequently launched a peasant's uprising. He served as the 6th and longest serving Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000. [18][15] The legislative assembly elections for 1951 were also held by the Election Commission in March 1952 instead. These situations could arise if the Prime Minister or Chief Minister cease to command majority in the House, the government loses majority but refuses to quit office, and for the dissolution of the House where an appeal to the country is necessitous. Seventeen days after being taken ill, he died on 17 January 2010 at 11:47am IST. In the aftermath, the strike was a failure as the administration mobilised troops and police force to prevent any disruption from communist influenced union members. [125][126] On 4 June 1978, local body elections were resumed after 14 years and the first direct elections were held to elect 56,000 representatives from 15 zila parishads, 324 panchayat samitis and 3,242 gram panchayats in West Bengal. vs Deputy Speaker And Ors (2016) the Supreme Court had cited the observations of B R Ambedkar: The Governor under the Constitution has no function which he can discharge by himself; no functions at all. The Governor can The Governor wrote to the Chief Minister on October 25 saying that Balagopal has ceased to enjoy my pleasure, and asking him to consider the matter with the seriousness it deserves and take action which is constitutionally appropriate. [11][15] Following his graduation in 1935,[19] he acquired admission in the University College, London (UCL) to study Law and became a barrister at Middle Temple on 26 January 1940. [37], In 1946, Basu was appointed by the Communist Party to contest as the candidate for the Railway Employee's constituency in the Bengal Legislative Assembly. [138] Ahead of the 1982 assembly elections, the Left Front had gained three new members; the Communist Party of India (CPI), the West Bengal Socialist Party (WBSP) and the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP). History. [156] [98] The government continued to be operational until the dissolution of the assembly by presidential proclamation on 30 July. About the selection of Prime Minister from United Front, Vishwanath Pratap Singh from Janata Dal rejected the proposal of being Prime Minister. Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon declared that the resolution was a "part of Palestinian escalation". [101] He also published an open editorial to the "world press" regarding terming the incidents of violence to be "semi fascist terror". [49], After the adoption of the Constitution of India in 1950, the ban on the Communist Party was lifted on the orders of the Calcutta High Court. [84] Eventually this section known as the Naxalites formed the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) in 1969 under the leadership of Charu Mazumdar calling for the annihilation of the class of joteodars (wealthy landlords) and an armed revolution to overthrow the Indian state. [62], Since the beginning of the British Raj, the region of Bengal had suffered from severe food shortages culminating into large-scale famines at times. R. K. Shanmukham Chetty was the first Finance Minister of independent India. In 2005, Gautam Ghosh made a documentary film named "Jyoti Basur Sange" (trans. Article Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced the implementation of the Act. [14][10] He had an affectionate nickname called Gana. ; 1983 Six robbers broke into a Brink's-Mat warehouse at Heathrow [67][62] The opposition leaders including Basu accused the government of having turned "authoritarian and ruthless" and reasoned that there was no space for the continuation of a democratic mass movement. It also derecognised and redefined lands owned by all religious institutions as raiyats (trans: land tenure) with a maximum of 7 standard acres irrespective of any number of declared branches or centers of any such institution.[124]. This is what he had appeared to be threatening to do on his own earlier, when his official Twitter handle had posted on October 17: The CM and Council of Ministers have every right to advise the Governor. A journey with Jyoti Basu"), which was screened at Nandan on 31 April 2005 and at another auditorium in Memari. [77][78], The leftist section continued to oppose the Chinese stand on the India-China frontier but was also opposed to providing unconditional support to the Nehru government because of its "class character" contrary to the rightist section which had declared outright support for the central government. [61][70][15] In the following period the Communist Party underwent a vertical split with a section of the party including Basu going on to form the Communist Party of India (Marxist). [53] The government as a result decided to crack down on the leaders of the agitation but Basu escaped custody and took refuge in the West Bengal Legislature. The Aam Aadmi Party (transl. [56], In January 1954,[57] the Communist party held its third congress in Madurai and Basu was elected as the new Central Committee member during the congress. [56][52] On 7 July, during a large picketing of the company headquarters at Mango Lane in Calcutta, five Resistance Committee leaders including Basu met with A.C.T Blease who was the agent of the company in India and presenting him with the demands of unilateral withdrawal of the fare hike. He presented the first budget of independent India on 26 November 1947. [85][89] In addition during the negotiations Basu was able to secure the portfolios of fisheries, food, excise, labour, civil defence and education for the CPI-M as well as the department of general administration and police from the home ministry forsaking the finance ministry which he had previously held. [85] Both the former chief minister Ajoy Mukherjee of the Bangla Congress and the former deputy chief minister Basu of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) contested from the Barangar constituency which ended with Basu winning with a vote share of 57.31% and Ajoy Mukherjee emerging as runners up with a vote share of 42.69%. Jyoti Basu (born Jyotirindra Basu; 8 July 1914 17 January 2010)[2] was an Indian Marxist theorist, communist activist, and politician. Within 2 weeks of formation of the new government, Basu issued a no confidence motion which stood at exactly 141 in support of the government out of 141 required. [134] Initially Basu and the Left Front government approved voluntary resettlement in the identified lands by the refugees from the Dandakaranya camps to the extent of actively encouraging them to do so,[135][136] however the implementation of the resettlement process turned lackluster and was bottle-necked with revised priorities for environmental protection in the Sundarbans. [43][92] There was also an assassination attempt on Basu on 31 March while he was on a party visit to Patna which resulted in the death of one accompanying party worker;[96][97] the identity of the assailant has remained unknown til date. [15][32] The party also organised "People's Food Committees" which would attempt to force hoarders into releasing their stocks for distribution; Basu participated in the organisation of such committees in Calcutta and Midnapore. However, the time schedule went awry in his last moments as lakhs of people thronged the streets of central Kolkata to pay their last respects. Leaders of third front including Mulaem Singh Yadav and others again suggested Jyoti Basu. [132] The operation is also credited to have created a cushion against farmers' suicides in West Bengal by improving the economic stability of farmers. [69][64] As a result of price rise of essential commodities, the new chief minister, Prafulla Chandra Sen had suggested that people should shift from their staple of ricepotatoes to wheatgreen bananas and subsequently agitations had broken out in the area of Swarupnagar, leading to police firing and death of two participating teenagers on 16 February. [100] The results of the election was a surprising sweep for the Left Front winning 230 seats out of 290 with the CPI-M winning an absolute majority on its own,[86] Basu became the chief minister of West Bengal for the next 23 years until his retirement in 2000. At MoharKunj, arrangements for the state Funeral had been made. [36] Jyoti Basu was also repeatedly elected as the representative of the Satgachhia constituency from 1977 to 2001. 11:27 PM (IST). Assembly Elections News: Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday declared Isudan Gadhvi as the party's chief ministerial can Abul Kalam Azad was the First Minister of Education in the Indian government Minister of Human Resource Development (until 25 September 1958, Ministry of Education). The Governor can withdraw his pleasure only when the government loses majority but refuses to quit. Adanis 'open offer' to control NDTV: what is it, how does it work? [148] The controversial decision received protests from intellectuals. [46] Although the bill was passed once again despite Basu's persistent opposition, this time he had garnered the support of a number of Gandhian Congress members including from the former chief minister and architect of the bill, P. C. Ghosh, all of whom had resigned from the party and formed their own Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party by the time of voting. "[161][158] Noted Congress politician Arjun Singh was also upset due to the CPI(M)'s decision. "The holding will call into question many other regulations that protect consumers with respect to credit cards, bank accounts, mortgage loans, debt collection, credit reports, and identity theft," tweeted Chris Peterson, a former enforcement attorney at the CFPB who is now a law [34] Basu was elected to the Bengal provincial committee of the Communist Party in the same year. [21] Due to which, he is also credited as an alumnus of LSE. [124] Whilst an accord had been struck between Gandhi and Gorkha National Liberation Front leader Subhash Ghisingh ahead of the polls, violence escalated in the Darjeeling hills. 1842 The University of Notre Dame (main building pictured) was founded by Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross as an all-male institution in the U.S. state of Indiana. [118][119][120] It also enabled the large scale adoption of technological advancements which had earlier been brought in through the Green Revolution in India in the 1960s. [35], By 1944, Basu had started leading the trade union activities of the Communist Party. FOX FILES combines in-depth news reporting from a variety of Fox News on-air talent. Despite surviving the initial motion, the new government too fell within 3 months when the assembly was dissolved on the recommendation of the chief minister. [71] Following the election, the two alliances joined forces to form the United Front government in West Bengal. 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Article Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced the implementation of the Act. 1842 The University of Notre Dame (main building pictured) was founded by Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross as an all-male institution in the U.S. state of Indiana. This Friday, were taking a look at Microsoft and Sonys increasingly bitter feud over Call of Duty and whether U.K. regulators are leaning toward torpedoing the Activision Blizzard deal. [25][5] However, in the same year, he also inducted himself as an activist affiliated to the Communist Party of India (CPI). [62][68][67] The food movement would also go on in the form of a number of localised spontaneous agitations over the following years till the next large scale flare up in 1966. [20], During his stay in London, he became involved in political discourse and activism for the first time. On queries whether Governor Arif Mohammed Khan would sign the ordinance, the minister said she hoped that he would act according to his constitutional duties. The former minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader was seen in a video clip taking an oath at the event on Saturday (October 8) in Delhi where thousands converted to Buddhism. He can appoint a Minister only on the advice of the Chief Minister.. [15][71] These debates were further exacerbated by the food movement in West Bengal and brought to the forefront by the rising border tensions between India and China. Today's top India news headlines, news on Indian politics, elections, government, business, technology, and Bollywood. [200], Government of Bangladesh created 201-member "Comred Jyoti Basu Nagarik Sangsad" in the name of Basu, featuring Chief Justice of Bangladesh Supreme Court Muhammad Habibur Rahman as Convener. A group of Byjus employees on Tuesday met Kerala labour minister V Sivankutty, alleging that the edtech giant was forcing more than 170 staffers to resign, as it looked to discontinue operations and close its Thiruvananthapuram office. [63][64] The food crisis and general poverty had led to multiple outbursts of public agitations throughout the 1950s which peaked near the end of 1959. [63] Following independence of India, the Public Distribution System (PDS) was established and two land reforms were enacted in 1953 and 1955 in West Bengal. [189][190] Basu was also given Civilian award in Calcutta Municipal Town Hall on 15 July 2005, but he refused to take it. Updated At: [18][26] Following the Meerut conspiracy in 1929, the Communist Party had also been made illegal by British authorities,[11][27] as a result Basu was initially involved in providing liaison and safe houses for underground Communist leaders in the Independence movement. [135] The incident led to sharp criticism of the government and raised controversy in the media, the opposition as well as from within members of the Left Front coalition. Today's top India news headlines, news on Indian politics, elections, government, business, technology, and Bollywood. Through a meeting in Central Committee on May 14,[160] CPI(M) declined the offer saying the party was still not in a position to dictate its policies and would not be able to get them implemented by a coalition government. Samajwadi Party supremo and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has passed away at the age of 82. But doesnt the Constitution say that Ministers shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor? B. [153] Basu seemed all set to be the consensus leader of the United Front for the post of Prime Minister of India. Speaking to reporters, Bindu said the government had taken the decision for the improvement of the higher education and universities in the state. Department of Economic Affairs. [180] Before that he was MLA from Baranagar seat 6 times. [31] Although by this time, he had also become a widower with the early death of his wife, Basanti Basu, just two years into their marriage. Basu's front won 174 seats in 1982 West Bengal Elections defeating Siddhartha Shankar Ray led Indian National Congress. He was one of the most prominent leaders of Communist movement in India. [43] The Congress however faced civil unrest from the onset;[44] hartals, civil disobedience and demonstrations had soon become the order of the day in the face of a Congress government that was seen as unresponsive to the social and economic distress that was widespread in the state at the time. [15][14] His father shortened his name from Jyotirindra to Jyoti during the time of admission. [44][15] The bill was inordinately criticised and opposed by Basu who declared that "it seeks to perpetuate (the undemocratic rule)". The reforms initiated by the Basu government in its first term were continued into its second term, Operation Barga was officially completed in 1986. He suggested that Basu should be made the Prime Minister of the United Front government. [75][76] Before the outbreak of the war, the section had taken the stance that dialogue and diplomatic partnership with the Chinese would resolve the disputes, however Basu himself was more sceptical and advocated for the adoption of a twin strategy of maintaining the border outposts inside Tibet and then engaging in talks using the outposts as a form of leverage ahead of any commencement on a new treaty. But statements of individual ministers that lower the dignity of the office of the Governor, can invite action including withdrawal of pleasure.. The former minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader was seen in a video clip taking an oath at the event on Saturday (October 8) in Delhi where thousands converted to Buddhism. [9][a], Jyotirindra Basu was born on 8 July 1914 to a middle-class Bengali Kayastha family at 43/1 Harrison Road, Calcutta, British India. [2][11][12][13] His father, Nishikanta Basu was a doctor whose hometown was the village of Barudi in Dhaka District of the Bengal Presidency while his mother Hemlata Basu was a housewife. Kerala Higher Education Minister R Bindu on Wednesday said the LDF government through an ordinance intends to replace the governor with expert academicians as chancellor of universities in the state. Yes, Article 164(1) does say that Ministers shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor. On 13 September 2006, his request for retirement due to age was turned down by the CPI(M), the general secretary Prakash Karat stated that the party wanted that Basu should continue till at least the 2008 congress. RJD's chief Lalu Prasad Yadav also supported the proposal. [62], By the end of 1958, the Communist Party initiated the formation of the Price Increase and Famine Resistance Committee (PIFRC) in collaboration with the other primarily leftist members of the opposition. [56], Basu was arrested on 4 July alongside Ganesh Ghosh and Subodh Banerjee who were also involved in the agitations, he was bailed out the following day. "The holding will call into question many other regulations that protect consumers with respect to credit cards, bank accounts, mortgage loans, debt collection, credit reports, and identity theft," tweeted Chris Peterson, a former enforcement attorney at the CFPB who is now a law [15] His family also retained ancestral lands in Barudi where Jyoti Basu is described to have spent part of his childhood. [61] As a result, Basu formally became the Leader of Opposition in the assembly. The encompassing urban agglomeration population is around 1.68 million. [113][114] JP and Basu eventually came to an agreement that the CPI-M would not formally join the Janata Party as it would weaken the movement. [113] The involvement of the Hindutva movement however complicated matters, according to JP the formal inclusion of the marxists who had undergone a splintering and whose organisation was localised in particular region would have been detrimental to the movement as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh members would switch sides if they joined. [89] Under Basu, the police were instructed to not intervene in any labour disputes against striking workers. In Basu's testimony, he states that it was easier for him support the agitation from inside the assembly by projecting the police action on the movement without getting arrested. [159], The 18th congress of CPI(M), held in Delhi in 2005, re-elected Basu to its Politburo, although he had requested acceptance for his retirement. [116][100] This led to a three sided contest between the Indian National Congress, the Janata Party and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Left Front coalition. Thats the constitutional position.. [125] By 1993, the number of representatives was expanded to over 71,000 representatives while Basu was credited to have been successful in the introduction of grassroots democracy and self governing units in West Bengal which substantially improved bureaucratic transparency, irrigation work, rural infrastructure and political participation and as a result standards of living. It is located at the centre of Kerala.It is the largest district in the state since 2006. [118][119] The agricultural growth jumped from an annual average of 0.6% between 19701980 to over 7% between 19801990 and the state was described as an agricultural success story of the 1980s. The right to education at elementary level has been made one of the Fundamental Rights under Article 21A by the 86th Constitutional amendment of 2002. And he continued to make a second Chief ministership like the first one by giving the theory of Communism and working in the Land Reforms Act, 1951 and also to complete the demand of the Gorkha, especially in Darjeeling and near by regions. History. [51], In the West Bengal State Assembly election of 1952, Basu was elected as the representative of the Baranagar constituency and the Communist Party emerged as the second-largest party in the assembly. [24][18] His entry into the communist movement at the time had reportedly been in opposition to the wishes of his relatively well off family. [133], The Left Front government also identified 247,000 acres of readily reclaimable lands mostly in the Sundarban area (Ganges Delta) for the resettlement of 136,000 agriculturist refugees from East Pakistan. [161] H.D Deve Gowda personally wrote a letter to Jyoti Basu to be the prime minister which Basu eventually Basu again declined due to party choices. In 1990, following the arrest of Lal Krishna Advani, BJP declined support to the National Front Government led by V. P. Singh. He presented the first budget of independent India on 26 November 1947. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term. [87] Basu refused to accept the results and declared that the new assembly was an "assembly of frauds". CPI(M) emerged as the sole party of relevance in the hills to oppose a separate Gorkhaland state. [15][99] However, Mukherjee who led the Bangla Congress was able to regained his former position through a post poll coalition called the Democratic Coalition which notably included Indira Gandhi's Congress and was supported by the CPI and Congress (Organisation). [14] He grew up in an Indian style joint family and was the youngest of three siblings. 1842 The University of Notre Dame (main building pictured) was founded by Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross as an all-male institution in the U.S. state of Indiana. [82][74], Between FebruaryMarch 1966, a second and more spontaneous food movement flared up across West Bengal. [147] In 1989, Basu led Left government in a controversial decision, halting the teaching of English language for Primary schools. There were several ongoing ideological conflicts between sections within the Communist Party with regards to the nature of the Indian State and the characterisation and method of interaction with the Indian National Congress, with regards to the approach towards the ongoing debate between the Soviet Union and China and with regards to the handling of the border disputes between India and China. Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan speaks during the 'Deepotsav: Panch Pran' programme organised by Hindusthan Samachar, at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. [92][94] Although the previous United Front government had tolerated initial landgrabs by the Naxalites,[92] the police department under Basu launched a campaign of state repression on the movement which continued under succeeding governments. [67] In light of the violence, the PIFRC formally withdrew the agitation by 26 September and the committee was disbanded. Abul Kalam Azad was the First Minister of Education in the Indian government Minister of Human Resource Development (until 25 September 1958, Ministry of Education). The program will feature the breadth, power and journalism of rotating Fox News anchors, reporters and producers. Former secretary general of Lok Sabha PDT Achary had explained to The Indian Express earlier that the provision mentioning pleasure of the Governor did not mean the Governor has the right to dismiss the Chief Minister or Ministers at will. The Department of Economic Affairs is the nodal agency of the Union Government to formulate and monitor country's economic policies and programmes having a bearing on [135][134], In 1981, a new amendment was introduced to the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1951 (previously amended in 1953, 1967 and 1970) which sought to plug loopholes in the former legislation; the amendment introduced ceilings on non-agricultural lands such as fisheries and orchards which previously had none and enacted provisions for lands held by trusts to be included in the individual ceiling calculations of its beneficiaries. The British Raj (/ r d /; from Hindi rj: kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; it is also called Crown rule in India, or Direct rule in India, and lasted from 1858 to 1947. [168][169] On 16 January 2010, it was reported that he was suffering from multiple organ failure and that his health condition had become extremely critical. Vijayan has replied to Khan saying my trust and confidence in K N Balagopal, a member of the Council of Ministers of the State of Kerala, holding charge of the Finance portfolio, still remain undiminished. Thiruvananthapuram (/ t r u v n n t p r m /; Malayalam: [tiunndpum] ()), also known by its former name Trivandrum (/ t r v n d r m /), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala.It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. 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[33][32] According to Basu's testimony, they only had a small organisation at the time and did the best they could while the famine took the lives of over 3 million people. [150], In the 1990s when the government of VP Singh cleared the ways of Mandal Commission there was Mandal Commission protests of 1990 in West Bengal and also the silence of Basu triggered him at that time as there was a big problem as the CPI (M) was popular among both the classes of the society and CPI (M) supported the verdict.[151]. [126][127] The successful implementation of panchayat raj in the state is also noted to have played an integral part in the identification and redistribution of ceiling surplus land,[123] and played a significant part in the rise of agricultural growth through the 1980s. [149] The move was later termed as another "historic blunder". [5][6][7] He was one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India(Marxist). Centre of Indian Trade Unions along with Haldia Regional Committee released an album on Jyoti Basu in 2000. And he has already rejected the Governors demand. The Aam Aadmi Party (transl. [65][63] Basu became one of the formative leaders of the committee. [47], In the following period the Communist Party was made illegal by the government on allegations of trying to incite on open rebellion and Basu repeatedly arrested as a result;[30][28][48] on 24 March 1948, he was imprisoned for a period of three months and released on the orders of the Calcutta High Court. [15] On 31 August 1959, a massive demonstration cum general strike was held in the city of Calcutta which brought the city and its surrounding districts to a standstill and ended with lathi charges and instances of police violence on protesters. [18] By May 1943, he had become the representative of the Calcutta Port Engineering Worker's Union in the All India Trade Union Congress,[29][30] while the Bengal Assam Railway Workers Union under him increased its membership to over 4,000 with union members present in Dacca, Calcutta, Kanchrapara, Mymensingh, Rangpur and Assam. The Aam Aadmi Party (transl. Some of their statements are listed below:[178][179], Basu was Chief Minister of West Bengal consecutively 5 times and every time he was Member of Legislative Assembly from the Satgachhia (Vidhan Sabha constituency). However, the implementation of these initiatives and reforms was rife with problems and the agricultural sector had remained in despondency while food shortages continued to afflict a largely impoverished population. [11][14] However, three years later he was shifted to the St. Xaviers School, Calcutta. Samajwadi Party supremo and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has passed away at the age of 82. [8][167], On 1 January 2010, Basu was admitted to AMRI hospital (Bidhannagar, Kolkata) after he was diagnosed with pneumonia. If someone declares that he would act contrary to the Constitution and the existing legal system, and move in that direction, that cannot be stated to be valid, the Chief Minister had said. Delhi News Today Live Updates: Ahead of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, slated to be held in December, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal pitched for free electricity at a Jam Samavad in Paharganj on Sunday. [87][104] One of the discrepancies pointed at by the CPI-M was that the constituency of Baranagar which had recorded a very high voter turnout despite being subject to section 144 and violent clashes throughout the day which had resulted in the death of one its workers. But CPI(M) declined it. India News | Latest India News | Read latest and breaking news from India. Again Rajiv Gandhi sent a proposal to Jyoti Basu, which was declined for second time.[156]. They also stated that it would involve joining hands with bourgeois outfits like the Congress. Department of Economic Affairs. [59][54] According to his testimony, the proposal was akin to a conspiracy to annihilate the basic identity of Bengal. [85], In the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election of 1972, Congress (I) won an overwhelming majority and Siddhartha Shankar Ray who was previously in the Bangla Congress and later appointed as a specialised union cabinet ministry called West Bengal Affairs Minister became the new chief minister of the state. [56] On the evening of the same day, 500 citizens including Basu were arrested under the Preventive Detention Act which had been earlier implemented through the Security Act. [134][135] Under the tenure of Bidhan Chandra Roy, many of the refugees had been relocated to refugee camps in Dandakaranya and the Left Front government had taken up their cause for resettlement in West Bengal. 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