Barada Mukutmoni

Barada Mukutmoni was an Indian politician, belonging to the Bolshevik Party of India. He briefly served as Minister for Tourism in the state of West Bengal.

In early 1944 the BPI politburo dissolved the Bengal Committee of the party and formed a 4-member secretariat for the province with Mukutmoni as one of its members.[1]

During the 1956 reorganization of states in India, Mukutmoni took part in the protests against the proposed merger of Bihar and West Bengal into "Purba Pradesh".[2] He was a member of a January 1956 committee of left parties in West Bengal that reviewed that reorganization proposal (other members included Jyoti Basu and Nihar Mukherjee).[2]

Mukutmoni contested the Titagarh constituency in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1957.[3] He finished in fourth place with 1,923 votes (6.72)%.[3] In the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1962 he contested the Deganga seat and finished in second place with 11,449 votes (32.83%).[4] In the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967 he contested the Naihati seat and finished in third place with 7443 votes (13.10%).[5]

Mukutmoni was named Minister of Tourism in the second United Front government of West Bengal in March 1969.[6][7]

A split occurred in BPI in the wake of Mukutmoni joining the state government.[7] In order to become a minister Mukutmoni had to resign from his post as secretary of the West Bengal State Committee of BPI, which he did.[7] But when the State Committee met on March 14, 1969 Mukutmoni's candidate for new secretary was defeated in a vote.[7] Mukutmoni refused to hand over the secretary post to the secretary-elect Sita Seth and in July 1969 the Central Committee of BPI declared expelled Mukutmoni and his followers from the party.[7][8] In response Mukutmoni formed a Central Committee of his own, with three expelled West Bengal State Committee members.[7] The two factions clashed over control of the party headquarters on Central Avenue.[8]

A June 1969 edition of Himmat reported that Mukutmoni was about to lose his ministerial post.[9]

Ahead of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1971 the BPI (Barada Mukutmoni group) joined the CPI-led United Left Democratic Front.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ Indian Council of Historical Research (1997). Towards freedom: documents on the movement for independence in India, 1943-1944. Oxford University Press. p. 1687. ISBN 978-0-19-563868-4.
  2. 1 2 Jyoti Basu (1999). Memoirs, a political autobiography. National Book Agency. pp. 115–116, 174. ISBN 978-81-7626-054-1.
  3. 1 2 Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1957 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
  4. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1962 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
  5. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
  6. ↑ Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee. Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952-1991. The Committee. p. 379.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 S. N. Sadasivan (1977). Party and democracy in India. Tata McGraw-Hill. pp. 91–92.
  8. 1 2 Institute of Political and Social Studies (1969). Institute of Political and Social Studies Bulletin. pp. 11, 26.
  9. ↑ Himmat. 5. 1969. p. 17.
  10. ↑ Political Science Review. 18-19. Department of Political Science, University of Rajasthan. 1979. p. 31.
  11. ↑ Sudhir Ray (1 November 2007). Marxist parties of West Bengal in opposition and in government, 1947-2001. Progressive Publishers. p. 160. ISBN 978-81-8064-135-0.
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