Chittabrata Majumdar

[3] Born at Dhaka, now in Bangladesh in 1935, he joined the Communist Party of India (CPI) while still a student of Bangabasi College in 1954.

[2] Majumdar was first elected to the West Bengal state assembly in 1967 and was minister in charge of cottage and small-scale industries.

As a member of the Politburo, he was also deeply involved in inter-party politics, and rose quickly within the party.

As a CITU leader, he visited many countries, including the UK, Switzerland, Malaysia, France, Austria, North Korea, China and the then USSR.

"[5] Speaking during the CPM central committee’s session at Kolkata in January 2007, which discussed land policy, Majumdar emphasized, "That policy only speaks of land for special economic zones (SEZs).