Shatarup Ghosh is an Indian politician from

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belonging to

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in term ...

(CPIM). He had formerly served as the All India Joint Secretary of

Students' Federation of India The Students' Federation of India (abbreviated as SFI) is an Indian left-wing student organisation politically aligned to the ideologies of Independence, Democracy and Socialism. Currently, V. P. Sanu and Mayukh Biswas are elected as the All ...

(SFI), the students wing of CPIM and was member of its central secretariat. Then he became a member of the state committee secretariat of

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(DYFI), which is the youth wing of CPIM. He was also inducted into West Bengal state committee of CPIM in the 23rd Party conference of state in March 2022 and currently a member of it.

Early life

Shatarup Ghosh was born in Kasba to Shib Nath Ghosh and Shila Ghosh. His family was predominantly a leftist family though his family had not any political background. He was encouraged to join politics from a very young age. After completing school education in South Point High School, Shatarup Ghosh joined

Asutosh College Asutosh College (Bengali: আশুতোষ কলেজ) is a college affiliated to the University of Calcutta, situated in Southern Kolkata, close to the Jatin Das Park Metro Station, gate No. 2. It was established in 1916 as the South Subu ...

in 2005 to pursue BSc in

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. He completed his MA from Rabindra Bharati University. He is inspired by

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Sukanta Bhattacharya Sukanta Bhattacharya ( bn, সুকান্ত ভট্টাচার্য) (; 15 August 1926 – 13 May 1947) was a Bengali poet and playwright. He was called 'Young Nazrul' and 'Kishore Bidrohi Kobi', a reference to the great rebel poet ...

, who was uncle of then Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, novelist

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, and Russian writer

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Political career

Student politics

Shatarup started politics when he was in

. He joined

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unit of the college in 2005 and soon worked actively and became its unit secretary. During his tenure as secretary SFI won 19 out of 20 seats in the Asutosh College union election and defeated their rival Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad, which was an "event that’s out of step with" then trends in West Bengal. His main issue was about the incident of a student and SFI supporter named Souvik Hazra, losing one eye during a clash between supporters of SFI and TMCP. The CPM's youth wing made it an issue and Ghosh extensively campaigned in the student's union polls that followed. He became the Kolkata district joint secretary in 2010–2011. In 2012 he became the West Bengal state joint secretary of SFI in the 34th SFI state conference.

Youth activism and politics

In 2013, he protested against the Death of Sudipto Gupta. Sudipta Gupta was a SFI activist who was brutally beaten by

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Police to death and his eye was popped out. Shatarup Ghosh leaded and was in frontline of the protests. After joining DYFI, he quickly rose to prominence and inducted into the state secretariat of DYFI. He protested against denomination, NRC-CAA, rising price of fuels and unemployment. He participated in multiple strikes, bandhs and rallies. He has been one of the youth stars during election campaigns. His leadership and public speaking skills helped him rise within CPIM as a youth leader. In 2017, he was attacked in Kasba along with other party workers from TMC mobs. In 2019 he was arrested along with 35 CPIM workers due to strike. He also had an active role in

2021 Nabanna Abhijan 2021 Nabanna Abhijan () was a protest march to the West Bengal state secretariat Nabanna, organised by Students Federation of India (SFI), Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), Left Front and other Left parties and student organisations ...

. He took part in the famous panel discussion at the India Today Conclave East 2018 against BJP's Sambit Patra and Mukul Roy, TMC's Chandan Mitra and INC's

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. He is the most showed leader from CPIM who is shown in news debates or political discussions.

Electoral results

Shatarup Ghosh contested his first MLA election in a ticket from CPIM at the age of 25 in

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Assembly election was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2011 to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly as the term of the incumbent government was about to expire naturally. It was held in six phases between 18 April and 10 ...

. He was the youngest candidate from Left Front at that time. He was fielded in 2011, 2016 and 2021 as CPIM candidate from Kasba. However he lost all of those elections.

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