Red Salute to the life of  Harkishan  Singh Surjeet


An influential leader of the Communist
Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) and its General Secretary for 13 years,
Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet died on 1 August 2008 at the age of 92.  At the
Memorial Meeting held in Southall on 30 August, Harpal Brar, speaking on behalf
of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist), paid particular
tribute to his courageous stand against the Khalistan movement, the importance
he placed on the need for communists to study, and his ever present
willingness, notwithstanding differences, to debate and work for greater
cooperation.

Lalkar expresses its condolences to the
CPI(M) and Comrade Surjeet’s family and friends.