Surjeet’s death is irreparable loss to the country: Karat

CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat said Harkishan Singh Surjeet’s death is an ‘irreparable loss’ to the country.

Describing veteran Marxist leader Harkishan Singh Surjeet as one of the builders of the Indian Communist movement, CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat on Friday said his death is an “irreparable loss” to the country.

Karat recalled the the 92-year-old leader, who died in a hospital in neighbouring Noida after prolonged illness, as a man who “never wavered in his faith in Marxism even after the collapse of the Soviet Union”.

“In his death, the communist movement and progressive and secular forces has suffered an irreparable loss,” Karat told reporters in New Delhi.

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He said Surjeet was one of the builders of the Communist movement in the country and tirelessly worked for realising the goal of a classless society.

“Surjeet steered the party in such a manner that the CPI(M) became one of the world’s largest communist movement in the 1990s,” the top CPI(M) leader said.

The veteran leader also stood firm against the Khalistan movement in Punjab, Karat said.

Recalling his personal relationship with Surjeet Singh, Karat said he had the opportunity to work with the veteran Marxist leader for a long 37 years since he joined the party.

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“He taught us what it means to be a communist and what it means to be a Marxist,” Karat said.

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