Provash Ghosh

Provash Ghosh
General Secretary
of Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
Incumbent
Assumed office
2010
Preceded byNihar Mukherjee
Personal details
Born1937 (age 88–89)
PartySocialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)

Provash Ghosh is the General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) [SUCI(C)]. He was elected to the position by the central committee of the party on 4 March 2010 following the death of Nihar Mukherjee who was elected to the office by the second party congress of the SUCI(C) in January 2009. As per the constitution of the party, the central committee can elect the General Secretary within the Congress, if the elected general secretary dies. Provash Ghosh was elected to the party politburo during the second party congress.

Controversies

Corruptions and moral decline within SUCI and death of Bidhan Chatterjee

SUCI West Bengal state committee member Bidhan Chatterjee committed suicide in Puri due to growing corruptions and moral decline within the party. A letter to Provash Ghosh by him was obtained and published in Aajkaal newspaper on 10 April 2008 when he was missing. In that letter, Chatterjee mentioned various misdeeds of Provash Ghosh and some other SUCI leaders including corruptions and assaults on women. Although Ghosh denied the allegations saying that Chatterjee has lost his mind, a Kolkata-based criminal lawyer said that it would be legally difficult to hold Ghosh responsible for Chatterjee's suicide, as the charges brought by Chatterjee may not fit within the confines of criminal law.

Stands on LGBTQIA+

In a statement on 15 December 2013, Provash Ghosh called homosexuality a sign of "mental deformity and morbidity" and appealed for "stringent punishment like life-term" of homosexual people.

References

  1. ↑ "Provash Ghosh, SUCI General Secretary, Mathrubhumi Online, 5 March 2010, Kerala News (In Malayalam)". Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "SUCI condemns recent spate of killings in Jammu and Kashmir, newKerala.com, 6 July 2010". Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  3. ↑ Sacrifice power for a day, SUCI appeals to city
  4. ↑ Akshaya Mukul (15 April 2015). "CPM cadres into heavy drinking, realty, lending | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Verdict not unexpected for Binayak, says mother". The Indian Express. 27 December 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Provash Ghosh: Latest News & Videos, Photos about Provash Ghosh | The Economic Times - Page 1". The Economic Times. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "SUCI leader commits suicide;Police gear up investigation". 10 April 2008.
  8. ↑ https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/suci-leader-hangs-himself-in-puri-body-found-two-days-after-suicide-threat-to-protest-corruption-in-party/cid/600284
  9. ↑ "বিধানের সেই 'চিঠি'". Aajkaal. 10 April 2008.
  10. ↑ "বিধানের খোঁজ নেই!". Aajkaal. 10 April 2008.
  11. ↑ "SUCI state secretary Provash Ghosh denies allegations". 9 April 2008.
  12. ↑ https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/no-morgue-leader-buried/cid/600185
  13. ↑ Provash Ghosh (15 December 2013). "SUCI(C) calls for developing powerful socio-cultural movements based on higher ethics and morality to stop proliferation of depraved thoughts like homosexuality" (PDF). Proletarian Era.