Atul Kumar Anjan

Atul Kumar Anjaan (28 April 1955 – 3 May 2024) was an Indian politician who was a senior CPI leader and national secretary of the Communist Party of India.

[5] As of 1978, Anjan was the Uttar Pradesh State President of the All India Students Federation.

[6] He was later elected as National President of AISF in 1979 and continued to be in the position till 1986 thus led the organization for seven years.

[7] Ghosi (Lok Sabha constituency) has the history of sending Communist Party of India (CPI) candidates many times and remained a stronghold of communists in northern India till early 1980s but from 1990s onwards the communists lost ground from there but still CPI fielded Atul Kumar as a CPI candidate from Ghosi in the general election, 2014 and he fought unsuccessfully Lok Sabha election since 1998 from Ghosi.

[8][9] Anjaan died after prolonged battle with cancer at Mayo Hospital in Lucknow, on 3 May 2024, at the age of 69.