Naxal leader and Kanu Sanyal's friend
Ashim Chatterjee speaks about Kanu Sanyal's life and death. Chatterjee broke ranks with Charu Majumdar in 1971 after the failure to build an armed movement in the Debra-Gopiballavbur area of West Bengal and also because of the CPIM-L's opposition towards the liberation of Bangladesh. He was imprisoned during 1972-78. Chatterjee formed the Bengal-Bihar-Orissa Border Regional Committee CPIM-L as a separate faction. Chatterjee also formed the Communist Revolutionary League of India.
"Kanu (Sanyal) has no right to commit suicide. He cannot take his life. He is not a person who would do such a heinous thing. A thorough investigation needs to be done to ascertain the real cause of death.
If the probe proves that he actually committed suicide, then all his comrades, including me, are to blame.Today, we should all admit our responsibility. It is us that alienated Kanu, we treated him like an alien.
Politics at present has changed its stature, its basic tenet has attained a somewhat unrecognisable look. We, Kanu's friends and colleagues, have started believing in one maxim -- split by itself is a virtue. If Kanu decided to end his life out of extreme isolation, then