Atul Kumar Anjan
Indian politician (1954/1955–2024)
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Atul Kumar Anjaan (28 April 1955 – 3 May 2024) was an Indian politician who was a senior CPI leader and national secretary of the Communist Party of India.[3][1] He is the General Secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha.[4]
Atul Kumar Anjaan | |
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| General Secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha | |
| In office 1997–2024 | |
| Preceded by | Y. V. Krishna Rao |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 April 1955[1] |
| Died | (aged 69) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Party | Communist Party of India |
| Education | La Martinière College Lucknow University |
| Occupation | Social activist, politician |
Anjan did his schooling from Lucknow in state board school and graduation, post graduation and then L.L.B also from Lucknow University in 1967, 1972, 1976 and 1983 respectively.[5] And he was the student union president of Lucknow University. As of 1978, Anjan was the Uttar Pradesh State President of the All India Students Federation.[6] He was later elected as National President of AISF in 1979 and continued to be in the position till 1986 thus led the organization for seven years. [7]
Ghosi (Lok Sabha constituency) has the history of sending Communist Party of India (CPI) candidates many times and remained a stronghold of communists in northern India till early 1980s but from 1990s onwards the communists lost ground from there but still CPI fielded Atul Kumar as a CPI candidate from Ghosi in the general election, 2014 and he fought unsuccessfully Lok Sabha election since 1998 from Ghosi.[8][9]