Surjeet will be remembered for countering BJP at the height of its saffron surge
Surjeet was elected to the Politbureau of the undivided CPI at the Third Party Congress in January 1954. The CPI spilt into CPI and CPI (M) in 1964 and to quote General Secretary, Prakash Karat, Surjeet was one of the ‘navratnas’ who founded the CPI (M). Among the ‘navratnas’, only Surjeet and Jyoti Basu are around.
When Surjeet became General Secretary, India had already entered the era of coalition politics. The great polarisation and emergence of regional political parties enhanced CPM’s position at an all India level. It is no surprise, as General Secretary of CPM, Surjeet became the most important architect of coalition politics at the Centre.
Stepping into the rather large shoes of CPM’s greatest ideologue, EMS Namboodiripad, Surjeet more than others in the Left, has the ability to get along well with bourgeois politicians. Little wonder, he is hailed as the most pragmatic and flexible leader in the CPM, a party marked by the presence of dour conservatives.
Surjeet, despite requests, has been denied a superannuation by the CPM. The party web-site last week noted that “owing to his political activities he was jailed several times and had to spend 10 years in prison – eight years during British regime and two under the Congress rule after country became independent.” Most importantly though, he will be remembered as someone who played a decisive role in keeping the BJP at bay.
Surjeet was elected to the Politbureau of the undivided CPI at the Third Party Congress in January 1954. The CPI spilt into CPI and CPI (M) in 1964 and to quote General Secretary, Prakash Karat, Surjeet was one of the ‘navratnas’ who founded the CPI (M). Among the ‘navratnas’, only Surjeet and Jyoti Basu are around.
When Surjeet became General Secretary, India had already entered the era of coalition politics. The great polarisation and emergence of regional political parties enhanced CPM’s position at an all India level. It is no surprise, as General Secretary of CPM, Surjeet became the most important architect of coalition politics at the Centre.
Stepping into the rather large shoes of CPM’s greatest ideologue, EMS Namboodiripad, Surjeet more than others in the Left, has the ability to get along well with bourgeois politicians. Little wonder, he is hailed as the most pragmatic and flexible leader in the CPM, a party marked by the presence of dour conservatives.
Surjeet, despite requests, has been denied a superannuation by the CPM. The party web-site last week noted that “owing to his political activities he was jailed several times and had to spend 10 years in prison – eight years during British regime and two under the Congress rule after country became independent.” Most importantly though, he will be remembered as someone who played a decisive role in keeping the BJP at bay.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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