Dipankar Bhattacharya visited an entire debt-trapped family

All were found hanging dead in their hut

Dipankar Bhattacharya posted this tragic story Tuesday 07th June 2022 at 01:06

Vidyapatinagar, Samastipur: 07th June 2022: (The Naxalbari Screen Bureau)::

Caste massacres, communal carnages, state-executed killings, mob lynchings, political murders, illicit liquor deaths, even death of children due to toxic meals served in schools - I have seen them all over my nearly four decades of close association with Bihar. The collective death of five members of a poor household in Mou panchayat of Vidyapatinagar of Samastipur district on 5 June morning added a new category of debt-driven massacre.

Heard this shocking news soon after the 5 June Convention in Patna. But the account we heard from the survivors of this debt-driven devastation on reaching the spot next morning left us completely numbed.

Manoj Jha, the only breadwinner of this family of five, used to make both ends meet by driving an auto and selling chewing tobacco from a makeshift roadside shop. The family comprised his parents, wife and two young sons, Satyam and Shivam, aged only about seven and eight. He had got his two daughters married off - the elder in 2017 and the younger earlier this year.

The family had reportedly incurred some small loans from private moneylenders and microfinance groups. The lockdown had taken its toll and earnings had dipped drastically. The pressure from moneylenders and microfinance groups for loan recovery however grew in inverse proportion.

According to Govind, the elder son-in-law who used to work in Gujarat before Covid19 struck and now drives an auto in Patna, the loan amount was only about Rs three lakh or so, but the moneylenders were demanding nearly six times the loan amount! Unable to face this harassment, Manoj's father Ratikant Jha committed suicide a few months ago.

But the harassment continued to grow and became unbearable. One moneylender seized the family's land deeds and even confiscated utensils and gas cylinder. The family visited the local police station only to be turned away. The local panchayat too turned a deaf ear and refused to restrain the moneylenders and stop the harassment. On top of it, the family reportedly became a victim of the ongoing ration card cancellation drive. 

The morning of 5 June saw the five members of the family hanging dead from the roof in a tiny room. Govind and his wife suspect it to be a case of murder while local media reports treat it as collective suicide. The DM has not cared to visit the spot and speak to the family. The CM has only issued a statement.

One look at the house tells you that the loud claims of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and Nitish Kumar's 'Sat Nischay' (Seven Guarantees) are just an empty cruel rhetoric. The reality is the renewed scourge of usury and people lapsing into extreme poverty and destitution. The reality is mass cancellation of ration cards and denial of even basic food rights. 

What do we mean by justice for a family which has lost its all - land, livelihood and now lives? A survey we had done nearly ten years ago had indicated the growing scale of debt burden for poor households in Bihar. The pandemic, lockdown and rising prices and falling incomes have only compounded the burden.

The Modi government periodically writes off big loans even as the Vijay Mallyas and Nirav Modis continue to loot our banks and flee to safe havens in foreign territories. The debt-driven suicides and deaths of farmers and toilers show us the other side of the picture.

The distressed people of India need an urgent survival package - cancellation of all small loans; a complete curb on usury, the fleecing of the poor by private moneylenders; and provision of universal basic income and food support for the needy. The Vidyapatinagar Tragedy tells us that time is fast running out.

Guidelines for surrender-cum-rehabilitation of naxalites

Guidelines for surrender-cum-rehabilitation of naxalites in the naxal affected States 

1. Introduction: 

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Surrender-cum-Rehabilitation policy is part of the overall policy to build consensus and evolve an acceptable and peaceful solution to violence perpetrated by extremist groups, to usher in peace and development, especially in the disturbed regions. Though, policies for rehabilitation of militants have been successful in J&K and North Eastern States, implementation of similar policies in naxal affected States has not been impressive for various reasons. This policy has been evolved, keeping in mind the specific geographical and social landscape to help those naxalites who want to abjure violence, surrender and join the mainstream. Surrender and rehabilitation policy is part of a multi-pronged conflict management and resolution strategy and is required to be implemented along with firm action by police against those who follow the path of violence. As the naxal problem has arisen on account of real and perceived neglect, deprivation and disaffection, mainly towards the downtrodden, the solution should aim at providing gainful employment and entrepreneurial opportunities to the surrendered naxalites so that they are encouraged to join the mainstream and do not return to the fold of naxal movement. 

2. Objectives: The objectives of these Guidelines for surrender-cum-rehabilitation of naxalites in the naxal affected States are: (i) to wean away the misguided youth and hardcore naxalites who have strayed into the fold of naxal movement and now find themselves trapped into that net. (ii) to ensure that the naxalites who surrender do not find it attractive to join the naxal movement again. Tactical surrenders by those elements who try to make use of the benefits extended by the Government to further their vested interests should not be encouraged under the Scheme. 

3. Eligibility Criteria: (i) These guidelines are applicable to those naxalites who surrender with or without arms. (ii) The eligibility of such naxalites for assistance under the scheme would be scrutinized by the Screening cum Rehabilitation Committee constituted by the concerned State Government. (iii) The benefits of the scheme shall not be available to a surrenderee who has already surrendered and benefited under existing surrender / rehabilitation schemes in any of the naxal affected States. 

4. Benefits under the Scheme: (i) Persons eligible under the scheme may be imparted training in a trade/vocation of their liking or befitting their aptitude. They shall be paid a monthly stipend of Rs 2000/- each for a maximum period of 36 months. However, if the surrenderee secures any employment in Government or any gainful self-employment, the monthly stipend will be discontinued. (ii) An immediate grant of Rs. 1.5 lakh shall be kept in a bank in the name of surrenderee as a fixed deposit which may be withdrawn by the surrenderee after completion of 3 years, subject to good behaviour to be certified by the authorities designated for this purpose by the concerned States. This money can also be utilized as collateral security/margin money against loans to be availed of by the surrenderee from any bank for self-employment. 2 (iii) In the event of a surrenderee being able to secure any Government job, this amount shall not be given to the surrenderee. 

5. Incentives for Weapons: 

(i) The following additional incentives are included for the surrendered weapons/ammunition: 

Note: The incentive given for surrender of the aforesaid arms shall be deposited in the form of a Fixed Deposit in joint names of surrenderee and the State Government nominee and may be given to the surrenderee at the time of completion of 3 years after surrender and subject to good behaviour by the surrenderee. 

(ii) Handling of weapons: The States may develop a mechanism in respect of safe storage of weapons and ammunitions surrendered by the naxalites. 

6. Procedure for screening/identification and rehabilitation of naxalites: 

6.1 The following agencies will be involved in the process of identification and rehabilitation of surrendered naxalites:- 

(i) ADG/IG(Special Branch/(CID) will act as the Surrender and Rehabilitation Officer (S&R Officer) under the Scheme. 

 (ii) Central Para Military Force. 

(iii) State Police/State Administration. 

6.2 Each of the Security Forces deployed will identify one officer of the rank of DIG or equivalent officer as the nodal officer for coordinating matters relating to surrender and rehabilitation of naxalites, with respect to their organisation. 

6.3 A naxalite shall be free to surrender before any unit of the CPMFs, District Magistrate, District SP, Range DIG, IG(Ops), IG(Special Branch), DIG (Special Branch), SP(Special Branch), SDM, SubDivisional Police Officer and other notified officers. The officers for this purpose shall be notified by the State Governments. A naxalite may also surrender before any unit of the Army or the CPMFs outside the State. The officer receiving the surrenderee shall send the details as informed by the surrenderee filled up in prescribed proforma to the S&R officer and to the nodal officers of all the deployed forces. The nodal officer of each organization will verify the antecedents and activities of the naxalites from its own sources and send specific recommendations to the S&R Officer, stating as to whether the individual could be taken in as surrenderee or not. 

6.4 The officer receiving the surrenderee will provide immediate security to the surrenderee and after getting necessary details for filling up the requisite proforma, send him to the transit camp to be maintained by the S&R Officer. The decision about the acceptance or otherwise, of the surrenderee should be taken within 15 days. 

6.5. Screening procedure may also include the following:: 

(i) The naxalite who surrenders may be a hardcore, underground naxalite cadre and a member of a Dalam and surrenders in accordance with the comprehensive surrender and rehabilitation policy being implemented by the concerned State Government. Rehabilitation of surrendered naxalite should be confined to dalam members and above, other ranks and overground supporters/sympathisers being considered only in exception cases. 

(ii) The authority designated by the concerned State Government for the purpose should ensure that the surrenderee is a genuine naxalite and the naxalite should make a clear confession of all the criminal acts committed by him / her including names of planners and other participants, names of financers, harbourers, couriers, details of the naxal organizations, arms/ammunition and the property looted/distributed/disposed of by the naxalite and organization to which the naxalite belongs, which may be verified. 

7. Court cases: Heinous crimes committed by the surrenderee may continue in the courts. For minor offences, plea bargaining could be allowed at the discretion of the State Authorities. States may consider providing free legal services / advocate to the surrendered naxalite as per the policy of the concerned State. Fast track courts may be constituted by the concerned States for speedy trial of cases against the surrenderees. 

8. These guidelines for rehabilitation of naxalites for naxal affected States are in supersession of the Item No. 7 of the existing/extant guidelines of Ministry of Home Affairs for reimbursement of security related expenditure to naxal affected States. 9. The Surrender and Rehabilitation Policies of the naxal affected States may, inter alia, include the broad guidelines as laid down above. 10. Impact assessment of the guidelines: The Ministry of Home Affairs may review these guidelines periodically in consultation with the concerned State Governments and take appropriate corrective action if required.

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Revolts of the indigenous people and poor peasants

 Remebering that historic upsurge of 55 years ago 

Modern Indian history is punctuated by a series of popular uprisings. The protracted battle for India's independence was powered by uprisings of various sections of oppressed Indians, oppressed not just by the colonial power which came from outside but also by the social structure that dominated Indians from within-the caste system, patriarchy, feudal power and local kingdoms and royalties. 

Revolts of the indigenous people and poor peasants, fleeced by landlords, moneylenders and colonial rulers, were the mainstay of people's resistance whether we talk about the nineteenth century rebellions including the first war of independence (1857-59), or the big mass awakenings under the leadership of Gandhi like the civil disobedience and Quit India movements or the communist-led peasant upsurges of the 1940s like the Tebhaga and Telangana.

The upsurges have continued after 1947 as India fights for realising the dream of real equality, liberty and justice. The upsurge of the landless peasants and oppressed tea workers at Naxalbari on 25 May, 1967 marked one such historic moment. It struck a massive chord with the oppressed and the youth across India.

The state unleashed a veritable war to crush it - the present-day armoury of indiscriminate use of draconian laws, custodial violence and extra-judicial terror which draws heavily on the colonial era got its first big boost in the laboratory of state repression in the early 1970s.

The legacy of Naxalbari has however continued to grow, deepening and spreading with every passing day since that historic upsurge 55 years ago.

The upsurge had led to the formation of the CPI(ML) on 22 April, 1969 and even though the fledgling new party had to face the full might and wrath of the Indian state, including a heavy use of extra-judicial violence and massacres that had shades of the Suharto-era bloodbath of communists in Indonesia, the party has succeeded in weathering the storm. It has hugely energised and revolutionised the communist movement in India. The coinage and indiscriminate use of the term 'urban naxal' by the Modi regime to target almost such a wide range of voices of dissent testifies to the power and resilience of Naxalbari.

Contrary to the popular mythology of Naxalbari, it was not an anarchist, adventurous act by a few isolated revolutionaries trying to imitate the trajectory of the Chinese revolution on the Indian soil. Had it been so, it would have only been a shortlived bubble. It was a mass upheaval rooted in India's tradition of revolts against injustice and oppression. It had the sparks and energy of India's freedom movement, a bold and glorious attempt to realise its radical potential and legacy.

Within the history of the communist movement it was a determined attempt to resurrect the spirit of Tebhaga and Telangana and turn the first major wave of post-Independence popular disenchantment and political transition (the Congress lost nine states in the 1967 elections) into a determined revolutionary quest.

Comrade Charu Mazumdar was a dedicated organiser of the Tebhaga movement and he applied all his revolutionary experience and insight developed since his Tebhaga days to build the Naxalbari upsurge with his team of comrades and the fighting people of the Dooars and hill regions of Darjeeling and North Bengal. The foundation of the CPI(ML) and its rapid spread showed the deep roots of the revolutionary communist movement and its grassroots appeal and strength. And the way the movement has succeeded in holding on to its ground and expanding its horizon since the declared Emergency of the 1970s to the current reign of fascist offensive shows its innate strength and resilience. 

On the 55th anniversary of Naxalbari we pay our deep respect to all the martyrs of the movement, to the leaders and activists who have dedicated their lives to this great cause, and all the poets, singers, balladeers who have spread the message across India and the people in all the areas of struggle who have withstood tremendous repression and yet sustained the movement with all their courage, energy and love. Naxalbari has become a metaphor for the indomitable spirit of people's resistance against oppression and injustice. It is the revolutionary smile of the fighting multitude in the face of the arrogance and aggression of power-drunk rulers. The battle is on and the people will have the last words. Red Salute to Naxalbari!

Courtesy: CPIML Liberation

We will pay tribute to Comrade Ramnath on 12th September

2nd September 2021:04:29 PM

 Tribute ceremony will be held in Mullanpur 

Chandigarh: 2nd September 2021: (*Comrade Sukhwinder//The Naxalbari Screen)::

Comrade Ramnath, the founder of the Communist League of India (Marxist-Leninist), passed away on 31 August. He had been seriously since long and passed away due to a heart attack.

A tribute ceremony in his memory is being organized on 12 September at Gursharan Kala Bhawan, Mullanpur (Ludhiana) .This information was shared in a press release issued by Sukhwinder, the editor of Marxist Punjabi magazine 'Pratibadh'. He opined that the demise of Comrade Ramnath is an irreparable loss to the Communist revolutionary movement of India.

Comrade Sukhwinder said that a major part (about six decades) of Comrade Ramnath's life was devoted to the liberation struggle of the working class people of India.  His revolutionary political career started with the Communist Party of India. After the split in this party in 1964, he joined the newly formed Communist Party of India (Marxist).After the formation of CPI (ML) in 1969, Ram Nath joined CPI (ML). The Communist League of India (ML) was established under his leadership in 1978. He studied Indian society deeply, broke the dogma of new-democratic revolution and gave the program of socialist revolution. He gave the communist movement the scientific courage of free thinking. Comrade Sukhwinder said that Comrade Ramnath has left behind a rich legacy, it is our task to carry forward the mass movement towards a socialist revolution. He appealed to the activists and well-wishers of the revolutionary movement to attend the Comrade Ramnath Tribute ceremony. 2nd September 2021:04:29 PM

*Comrade Sukhwinder is the Editor of Pratibadh

Clearly reflecting the Bihar's strong desire for change

 Statement by Central Committee of CPI(ML)(Liberation)   

New Delhi: 13th November 2020: (The Naxalbari Screen Bureau)::

The Even though the NDA has managed to secure a narrow win in Bihar, the Bihar Assembly elections, the first major elections held in the shadow of Covid19 pandemic and the brutal, painful lockdown, have sent out very inspiring messages for all forces fighting for secure livelihood, dignity and rights of the people and the future of India as a secular democratic republic.

The Bihar elections became a veritable movement of the people and upsurge of the youth. The mandate clearly reflects Bihar's strong desire for change of government and even though the final numbers allowed the NDA to scrape through, the rise of a powerful opposition marks a big rebuff to the BJP conspiracy to render Indian democracy free of every opposition ('opposition-mukt' Bharat). On several seats which have been decided by very narrow margins, mostly in favour of the ruling NDA, there are valid concerns about irregularities or manipulation by the election authorities, efforts are being made to obtain evidence to mount a challenge as required.

The emergence of the RJD-Left-INC coalition was widely welcomed by the Bihar electorate and the CPI(ML) played a pivotal role in establishing the coalition as a viable alternative. This was vindicated by the electoral performance of our candidates - 12 victories out of 19 seats contested giving the Party the highest strike rate among the alliance constituents and an overall vote share of close to 4%. That this was achieved in the face of a vicious slander campaign against the party by senior BJP leaders is testimony to the growing support and goodwill generated by our struggles for and service to the people.

The thumping victories won by the student-youth leaders in these elections were specially satisfying as were the renewed victories won by our sitting MLAs.

The team of 12 MLAs of CPI(ML) coupled with the four victorious MLAs of the CPI(M) and CPI will serve as a powerful Left contingent within the anti-NDA opposition in Bihar Assembly. The emergence of a popular agenda centring around secure employment and quality education and healthcare for all as well as defence of farmers' and workers' rights, justice and rule of law augurs well for India's democracy, and the CPI(ML) will continue to fight hard for the implementation and advancement of this agenda.

The Bihar election campaign of the Party received valuable moral, political and financial support from comrades and friends across the country. The Central Committee extends warm greetings and heartfelt thanks to all who supported the campaign. The results of Bihar and especially the signs of electoral resurgence of the CPI(ML) and other Left parties have generated a lot of hope and enthusiasm within and beyond Bihar. While making every effort to fulfil the expectations in Bihar, the CPI(ML) Central Committee appeals to the entire Party, Left ranks and the whole range of pro-democracy forces in the country to intensify the battle against the Modi government's disastrous pro-corporate anti-people policies and the BJP's divisive hate-filled politics of communal polarisation and fascist intimidation.

Red Salute to Comrade Jita Kaur

 Passed away on 23 June after a battle with cancer 

All photos provided by Comrade HarBhagvan Bhikhi 

Ludhiana//Mansa: 23rd June 2020: (The Naxalbari Screen Bureau)::

Comrade Jita Kaur passed away on 23 June after a battle with cancer. She was a mass leader whose life’s work in the party spanned a wide range – from Gorakhpur in eastern UP, to Lucknow and Delhi and finally in rural Punjab – that would be unusual for anyone, and is especially remarkable for a woman.

Comrade Jita Kaur was drawn into the ML movement through her active participation in the student’s movement in Gorakhpur. She became an activist of the PSO, Gorakhpur at a time when the entire state of Uttar Pradesh was seething with student’s protests against academic anarchy and hold of anti-socials and criminals enjoying political patronage of bourgeois political parties, in the campuses. In her early days Jita was an idealist who had seen through the sham of religious ideas. Jita’s joining a revolutionary left organization had its impact on her personal life, her father Sardar Rattan Singh being a Congress leader as well as well known religious leader in Gorakhpur. As a woman, Jita continued to fight her battle in the conservative background of her home and the feudal-patriarchal milieu in this backward district of Purvanchal. After she finished her post-graduation, Jita began to take keen interest in the women’s movement, and formed the Jagrit Mahila Parishad in the District. She was an ardent activist who combined the aspirations of young middle class women with those of the most downtrodden sections of society. In the process she also became associated with the Indian People’s Front in Uttar Pradesh. As a leader of the UP IPF, Jita got involved in the struggle of people being displaced from Ramgarh Tal area in Gorakhpur. The Ramgarh Tal Pariyojana was posing a grave threat to the livelihood of the local inhabitants and to ward off their fear and insecurity, Jita left her home and began to live with the affected people. In the process she began to build a new mass-base for the IPF. Jita not only became popular as a mass leader fondly called didi, she became immensely loved by the women there and built a women’s movement there. Jita had played a major role in involving several intellectuals and women of the town in support of the people of the Tal. She contested Assembly elections in Gorakhpur on the IPF banner.

Comrade Jita began to organize women activists in the state and in the process also met and involved Ajanta Lohit in IPF work. She later became a State Committee member of the CPI (ML). Following the founding conference of AIPWA was being held in Delhi, Jita became associated with AIPWA work in Delhi and also became a State Committee member of the Party in Delhi. She built the organization from scratch and also became the National Secretary of the AIPWA. In that capacity, she visited Uttarakhand, Punjab, MP and Bihar for AIPWA programmes. She was also very active in the joint women’s movement and became popular with women’s activists from other streams. She was an active participant in the joint women’s conferences held in Patna and Calicut. The Central Office of AIPWA in Delhi was entirely managed by her in the most creative, living and economic way. Battered women, women marrying against their parents’ wish, or going for inter-religious marriages, girls thrown out of home or those fighting against patriarchal attitude of in-laws or husbands would find the AIPWA office a place of strength and succour.

In Delhi Jita organized Party work in East Delhi and North-West Delhi. With the movement in Punjab expanding, she was needed there, and she began to work in Mansa. She was a State Committee member of the Party there and also an AIPWA organizer. She streamlined the State Party Office in Mansa and encouraged many young activists and women to work as whole-timers in the Party. In this final phase of her life, just as at the first phase of her political activism in Gorakhpur, she was in her element – once again at the forefront of mass struggles of the rural poor.

She was diagnosed with gall bladder cancer in November 2006, and underwent treatment in AIIMS. Throughout her illness, she drew strength from comrades who would visit her from all over the country, and at her side in this battle with cancer at every stage were Srikant and Upali at whose house she spent much of her time as she underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy. She breathed her last on the morning of 23 June.

Comrades will always remember her tireless energy, her warm and affectionate comradeship, her outspokenness. In the many memorial meetings that were held – from Gorakhpur to Lucknow, several places in Uttarakhand, to Delhi to Patna and Punjab, many women remembered her as the person who drew them into political activism.

Comrade Jita, you will always live in our hearts and continue to inspire generations of activists! 

(Courtes:cpiml.net)

Kavita Krishnan is among Polit Bureau Member

 Sukhdarshan Natt elected as central Committee Member

The All party Congress held in Punjab is a major event. In fact it is new retouch to emotions of those pro naxal peoples who are still confusion that which is the right leftist party. Now Party is trying to reach the hearts and mind of this type peoples.

The All India Party Congress 

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The CPI(ML)’s 10th All India Party Congress was held at Baba Bujha Singh Nagar (Mansa) in Punjab, from 23 to 28 March 2018. On March 28, the 10th Party Congress elected a new 77-member Central Committee, which in turn re-elected Dipankar as General Secretary. A 7-member Central Control Commission was also elected, which in turn elected Brij Bihari Pandey as its Chairperson.

The All India Party Congress, convened once in every five years, is the highest decision-making body of the Party. Between two successive Congresses, the Central Committee elected by the Party Congress is the highest decision-making body. The Party Congress also elects the Central Control Commission, which takes up cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Party Constitution. The Chairperson of the Central Control Commission is an ex-officio member of the Central Committee. The Gender Sensitisation and Justice Cell, which is a constituent of the Central Control Commission, is specifically entrusted with taking up tasks of gender sensitisation and enquiring into complaints pertaining to sexual harassment and other forms of gender-based injustice.

Central Committee

Elected by 10th Party Congress held at Baba Bujha Singh Nagar (Mansa, Punjab) on 28 March 2018

1	Dipankar	दीपंकर	General Secretary
2	Swadesh Bhattacharya	स्वदेश भट्टाचार्य	Member, Polit Bureau
3	Kartick Pal	कार्तिक पाल	Member, Polit Bureau
4	Rubul Sarma	रुबुल शर्मा	Member, Polit Bureau
5	Ramji Rai	रामजी राय	Member, Polit Bureau
6	Amar	अमर	Member, Polit Bureau
7	Arindam Sen	अरिंदम सेन	Member, Polit Bureau
8	Kunal	कुणाल	Member, Polit Bureau
9	Dhirendra Jha	धीरेन्द्र झा	Member, Polit Bureau
10	Janardan Prasad	जनार्दन प्रसाद	Member, Polit Bureau
11	Manoj Bhakta	मनोज भक्त	Member, Polit Bureau
12	Partha Ghosh	पार्थ घोष	Member, Polit Bureau
13	Kavita Krishnan	कविता कृष्णन	Member, Polit Bureau
14	Prabhat Chaudhary	प्रभात चौधरी	Member, Polit Bureau
15	V. Shankar	वी शंकर	Member, Polit Bureau
16	Rajaram Singh	राजाराम सिंह	Member, Polit Bureau
17	Vinod Singh	विनोद सिंह	Member, Polit Bureau
18	Meena Tiwari	मीना तिवारी
19	S. Balasundaram	एस बालसुंदरम
20	Bangar Rao	बांगर राव
21	Rajendra Pratholi	राजेंद्र प्रथोली
22	Krishna Adhikari	कृष्णा अधिकारी
23	Saroj Chaube	सरोज चौबे
24	Shubhendu Sen	शुभेन्दु सेन
25	Mrinmoy Chakravarty	मृण्मय चक्रबर्ती
26	Sanjay Sharma	संजय शर्मा
27	Abhijit Mazumdar	अभिजित मजुमदार
28	Sudhakar Yadav	सुधाकर यादव
29	N. Murthy	एन मूर्ति
30	Raja Bahuguna	राजा बहुगुणा
31	Rajwinder Rana	राजविन्दर राना
32	Gurmeet Singh	गुरमीत सिंह
33	S Balasubramanian	एस बालासुब्रमनिअन
34	Shashi Yadav	शशि यादव
35	Mahboob Alam	महबूब आलम
36	Ishwari Prasad Kushwaha	ईश्वरी प्रसाद कुशवाहा
37	Mohd. Salim	मो. सलीम
38	Salil Datta	सलिल दत्ता
39	Prabir Haldar	प्रबीर हालदार
40	Yudhishthir Mahapatra	युधिष्ठिर महापात्र
41	Mahendra Chaudhary	महेंद्र चौधरी
42	Partho Karmakar	पार्थो करमाकर
43	Bibek Das	बिबेक दास
44	Pratima Engheepi	प्रतिमा इन्ग्हीपी
45	Rabi K. Phangcho	रबी कुमार फान्ग्चो
46	Rajiv Dimri	राजीव डिमरी
47	Ravi Rai	रवि राय
48	Subhash Sen	सुभाष सेन
49	Kanwaljeet Singh	कंवलजीत सिंह
50	Balindra Saikia	बलीन्द्र सैकिया
51	Jayatu Deshmukh	जयतु देशमुख
52	Geeta Mandal	गीता मंडल
53	Manoj Manzil	मनोज मंज़िल
54	Raju Yadav	राजू यादव
55	Arun Singh	अरुण सिंह
56	Abhyuday	अभ्युदय
57	Gopal Ravidas	गोपाल रविदास
58	Santosh Sahar	संतोष सहर
59	Naimuddin Ansari	नईमुद्दीन अंसारी
60	Virendra Gupta	वीरेन्द्र गुप्ता
61	Manish Sharma	मनीष शर्मा
62	Purushottam Sharma	पुरुषोत्तम शर्मा
63	Sukhdarshan Natt	सुखदर्शन नत्त
64	Bhagwant Samaon	भगवन्त समाओं
65	Sudha Chaudhary	सुधा चौधरी
66	Phoolchand Dheva	फूलचंद ढेवा
67	Clifton D' Rozario	क्लिफ्टन डी रोज़ारियो
68	R Nagmani	आर नागमणि
69	Radhakant Sethi	राधाकांत सेठी
70	Tirupati Gomango	तिरुपति गोमांगो
71	Sucheta De	सुचेता डे
72	Jawahar Lal Singh	जवाहरलाल सिंह
73	Shriram Chaudhary	श्रीराम चौधरी
74	NK Natarajan	एन के नटराजन
75	Chandra Mohan	चंद्रमोहन
76	Asaithambi	आसइतंबी
77	Brij Bihari Pandey (Ex-officio member)	बृज बिहारी पाण्‍डे (पदेन सदस्‍य) ------------------