Question: Veteran Communist Party of India (CPI) leader A.B. Bardhan, who passed away recently, was CPI’s general secretary for how many years?
(a) 16 Years
(b) 14 Years
(c) 10 Years
(d) 6 Years
Ans (a)
Related facts:
- Veteran Communist Party of India (CPI) leader A B Bardhan (Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan) passed away on 2 January 2016 after a long illness. He was 92.
- AB Bardhan has been a leading figure of the trade union movement and Left politics in Maharashtra.
- Bardhan worked with workers ranging from various sectors like textile, electricity, railways, defence etc. He contested several elections from Nagpur but was elected only once to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1957 as an independent candidate
- He was CPI’s general secretary for 16 years from 1996 to 2012.
Reference:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/veteran-cpi-leader-ab-bardhan-passes-away/article8058830.ece
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/veteran-cpi-leader-a-b-bardhan-passes-away/
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/veteran-cpi-leader-a-b-bardhan-passes-away-2568632.html