Mrinal Das (14 January 1948) is an Indian

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits (s ...

ist. Mrinal Das was elected general secretary of the

Bengal Provincial Students Federation Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, pre ...

in 1970. He also became a member of the all India secretariat of the Students Federation of India. Later Das became involved in trade union activism. In 1986 he was elected as one of the secretaries of the

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the four ...

State Committee of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU). He was also included in the national working committee of CITU, posts he would hold until recently. Das was known as a leader of the hardline tendency in CITU.''The Telegraph''.
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' He was a member of the West Bengal State Committee of the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

for a time.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Das, Mrinal Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal Trade unionists from West Bengal 1948 births Living people