Atul Kumar Anjaan | |
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General Secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha | |
Assumed office Incumbent | |
Affiliation | Communist Party of India |
Preceded by | Y. V. Krishna Rao |
Personal details | |
Born | 1953 or 1954 (age 69–70)
[1] Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India [2] |
Political party | Communist Party of India |
Residence(s) | Delhi, India |
Alma mater | Lucknow University |
Occupation | Social activist, politician |
Atul Kumar Anjaan is a senior CPI leader and national secretary of the Communist Party of India. [3] [1] He is the General Secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha. [4]
He did his schooling from Lucknow in state board school and graduation, post graduation and then L.L.B also from Lucknow University in 1967, 1972, 1976 and 1983 respectively. [5] As of 1978, Anjan was the Uttar Pradesh State President of the All India Students Federation. [6]
Ghosi (Lok Sabha constituency) has the history of sending Communist Party of India (CPI) candidates for many times and remained a stronghold of communists in northern India till early 1980s but 1990s onwards communist lost its ground from there but still CPI fielded Atul Kumar as a CPI candidate from Ghosi in the general election, 2014 and he fought unsuccessfully Lok Sabha election since 1998 from Ghosi. [7] [8]