Prashant Bose
Prashant Bose, commonly known by his nom de guerre Kishan or Kishan da is an Indian politician who is a senior Politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
He has previously used Nirbhay Mukherjee, Kajal, Kishan-da and Mahesh as aliases. Kishan, the former MCCI chief is now No. 2 in the CPI (Maoist). He is in charge of Bihar and Jharkhand and heading the Party's Eastern Regional Bureau. And this Bengali Maoist leader, 74 in age is also a known intellectual of the party. He joined in Naxalite movements as a trade union activist in 1967 and continued to play a key role in Left-wing politics in India.
Prashant Bose | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Kishan, Kajal and Mahesh |
| Organization | Communist party of India |
| Criminal charge(s) | left wing Insurgency, Murder, Criminal Conspiracy |
| Criminal penalty | Jailed |
| Spouse | Sheela Marandi |
In September 2004, Maoist Communist Centre of India and Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War had merged to form CPI (Maoist). The agreement had been signed between Kishan, General Secretary, Central Committee of Maoist Communist Centre of India and Ganapathy, General Secretary Central Committee, CPI (M-L People's War).
Bose hails from Jadavpur, Kolkata. His wife Sheela Marandi, another central committee member of CPI (Maoist) was imprisoned from 2006 to 2016. Bose and his wife has been arrested by Jharkhand police on 12 November 2021.
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