Anadi Das was an Indian politician, belonging to the

Revolutionary Communist Party of India The Revolutionary Communist Party of India ( RCPI) is a political party in India. The party was founded as the Communist League by Saumyendranath Tagore in 1934, breaking away from the Communist Party of India (CPI). RCPI led armed uprisings aft ...

. Das was a Central Committee member of RCPI. Das contested the Howrah West constituency seat of the

West Bengal Legislative Assembly The West Bengal Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian states and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is located in the B. B. D. Bagh area of Kolkata, the capital of the state. Members of the Legislative as ...

in the 1957 election.Election Commission of India.
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1957 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
' Das finished in third place with 5,378 votes (20.04%). Das won the Howrah West constituency seat in the

in the 1962 election.Election Commission of India.
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1962 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
' He defeated the incumbent assembly speaker Bankim Chandra Kar. Das obtained 19,770 votes (44.59%). He contested the Howrah Central constituency seat in the 1967 election.Election Commission of India.
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
' Das finished in second place with 15,663 votes (32.48%). As of 1967 he served as president of the National Screw & Wire Products Workmen's Union as well as the Asia Electric Workers' Union, both being affiliated with the

All India Trade Union Congress The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) is the oldest trade union federation in India. It is associated with the Communist Party of India. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, AITUC had a membership of 14.2 mill ...

. He won the Howrah Central seat in the 1969 election. Das obtained 28,522 votes (58.85%).Election Commission of India.
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1969 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
' Das and the other RCPI legislator

M. Mokshed Ali M. Mokshed Ali was an Indian politician, belonging to the Revolutionary Communist Party of India. Ali won the Santipur seat in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in the 1969 election. Ali and the other RCPI legislator Anandi Das were expell ...

were expelled from RCPI by party general secretary

Sudhindranath Kumar Sudhindranath Kumar (died 1984) was an Indian politician, belonging to the Revolutionary Communist Party of India. He served as general secretary of the party 1960–1984, represented Howrah Central constituency in the West Bengal Legislative ...

in July 1969 for "anti-Party and anti- UF activities". The expulsion provoked a split in RCPI, with Anadi Das leading his own RCPI faction. Ahead of the

1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1971. The assembly election was held alongside the 1971 Indian general election. Parties and coalitions Ahead of the 1971 election the map of party coalitions was r ...

the RCPI (Anadi Das group) joined the Communist Party of India-led Eight Party Coalition. Das ran on an independent ticket in Howrah Central, against Kumar.Election Commission of India.
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1971 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
' Das finished in fourth place with 2,711 votes (8.55%). Das' faction later joined the S.N. Tagore-led RCPI faction.Alexander, Robert J..
Trotskyism in India
' After the death of Tagore, RCPI (S.N. Tagore group) was split with Das leading one of the factions.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Das, Anadi Year of birth missing Possibly living people Revolutionary Communist Party of India politicians West Bengal MLAs 1962–1967 West Bengal MLAs 1969–1971