CS March 2023

Vol . 15 Issue : 02 March , 2023 Rs . 15 / - Comrade Satyanarayan Singh ( SNS ) Centenary Birth Anniversary :

This year ( 2023 ) is the centenary birth anniversary of Comrade Satyanarayan Singh ( SNS ). On this occasion , the revolutionary political role of SNS must be remembered . Comrade SNS who adopted Marxism- Leninism and Mao ’ s Thought as his world outlook emerged as a revolutionary of working class .

Com . SNS was born on 30 ^th January 1923 in Dhamar village , Arrah district of Bihar and he died on 21 ^st October 1984 due to renal failure in Vishakhapatnam of Andhra Pradesh when he went there to hold unity talks with CC , CPI ( ML ).

Com . SNS joined communist party during Second World War while he was working in the Air Force of British India . While he was in service in 1946 he refused to salute British Union Jack . On this charge he had to serve two years of punishment in prison . After coming out from jail he became a professional revolutionary in the Communist Party of India ( CPI ). As a party worker he was placed in charge of Shahabad dist . organization of Bihar and later was deputed to the organization of South Bihar districts .

In 1952 Com . SNS led a historical struggle of workers in Jamshedpur against Tatas . For that he along with three other leaders of CPI were arrested in 1958 in Jamshedpur Conspiracy Case and remained in jail for 5 years . In 1962 he was again arrested as he opposed war with China and remained in jail for 4 years . In the split with Dange revisionists in CPI , he remained with CPI ( M ). When historical Naxalbari upsurge occurred he firmly stood with Naxalbari struggle and severed ties with CPI ( M ). After Naxalbari he led the Mushahari peasant upsurge

in Mazaffarpur district of Bihar . He was Convener of Bihar Unit of AICCCR , predecessor of CPI ( ML ). One of the founder members of CPI ( ML ), Central Committee and Politburo member of undivided CPI ( ML ) and General Secretary of Revived CC of CPI ( ML ) later on formed the PCC , CPI ( ML ).

He led many exemplary struggles of working class and other sections of the people which general masses still remember like struggle in Sindri Fertiliser , struggle of CISF jawans in Bokaro , struggle in Rakha Copper mines of Singbhum , struggle in Uranium mine workers in Jadugoda etc . He was a very capable leader in organizing working class not only in small factories but in big Industries .

He was a very popular leader loved by the people . Wherever he went he came in touch with the people . In personal life he had a simple life style with communist ideals , very agile , open hearted .

After breaking out from CPI ( M ), as a member of the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries ( AICCCR ), SNS was a part in the formation of the CPI ( ML ) and served as a member of the Central Committee . He identified left sectarian policies in the CPI ( ML ) when the party was suffering serious losses due to left adventurism . Acknowledging his participation in formulating that policies , prepared a selfcritical review report ; the self-critical report discussed in the CPI ( ML ) Central Committee and dissociated itself from the aggressive policies of the CPI ( ML ).

1973-74 was a time when several leaders were rethinking about the policies of the CPI ( ML ). The public