Comrade Azizul Haque, veteran leader of the Naxalbari movement in West Bengal, passed away on July 21 in a Kolkata hospital. He was 83. Long years of incarceration and torture had badly impaired his health. Comrade Haque spent long years behind bars, enduring brutal incarceration and torture that severely impacted his health.

Even after stepping back from active party politics, he continued to wield his pen and voice sharply against religious bigotry, the rise of right-wing forces, and the fascist projects of BJP-RSS combine until his final days. He was one of the most prominent faces of the 1970s Naxalbari movement in West Bengal.  Red Salute to Comrade Azizul Haque!