Dipankar Bhattacharya

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Dipankar Bhattacharya
General Secretary of
CPIML Liberation
Assumed office
1998
Preceded byVinod Mishra
Personal details
BornDecember 1960 (age 63)
CPIML Liberation
EducationNarendrapur Mission
ISI, Bonhoogly
ProfessionPolitician

Dipankar Bhattacharya (born December 1960)[2] is an Indian politician and the national general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation.[3][4] He was the top ranker of the 1979 higher secondary board examination and has an M.Stat. degree from the Indian Statistical Institute.[5] Bhattacharya succeeded Vinod Mishra as the national general secretary of the party in 1998.[2] He was formerly the secretary of the Indian People's Front and All India Central Council of Trade Unions.[6]

Early life and education

Dipankar Bhattacharya was born in

post-graduation with a Master of Statistics (M.Stat.) degree in the year of 1984.[5]

Political views

Bhattacharya states that a large section of the population is rendered invisible in the country and that only a tiny minority holds the reins of

healthcare and education are contradictory to the vision of an empowered India promoting further dis-empowerment.[8]

Political career

Dipankar Bhattacharya became involved in political work during his course in the Indian Statistical Institute.[7] He served as the general secretary of the Indian People's Front between 1982 and 1994[9] and later became the general secretary of the All India Central Council of Trade Unions. In December 1987, he was elected to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation. After the demise of Vinod Mishra who was the general secretary of the party, Bhattacharya was unanimously elected to the post.[6]

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