Comrade Azizul Hawq departed us around 2.30 pm on 21 July in Kolkata at the age of 84. The news came to us when our Politburo meeting was in session in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Comrade Hawq came to the communist movement and became a member of the undivided communist party from student movements in the sixties of the last century when the struggle against revisionism was the main struggle within the communist movement. He joined in this struggle with a lot of vigor and joined CPIML under the leadership of Com Charu Mazumder after the great Naxalbari struggle.
Comrade Hawq was arrested in his student days by the Congress government in West Bengal at the time of Indo-China war. He again was arrested in the seventies when the Naxalbari movement was in full swing. At that time he also led the jail-break movement. After the Left-front government came to power in Bengal, Com Hawq finally came out of jail and continued to practice the line of Comrade Charu Mazumbar in Bengal and Bihar. He founded CPIML Second Central Committee with Com Nishith Bhattacharya. As a result he again was arrested by the Left Front government in Bengal and put behind the bar for several years. He faced many brutal torture in jail in both the Congress’ time and Left front time. These continuous tortures had a serious adverse effect on his health.
Of late, he took the side of the Left-front in the face of rising TMC in the context of the famous Singur-Nandigram movement. This decision of Com Hawq gradually drove himself away from the revolutionary communist position.
However, in spite of his left and right deviations we extend our respect to Com Azizul Hawq and put on record our condolences. The working masses of the country will always cherish his memory for his revolutionary spirit and contributions.
Red salute to departed Com Azizul Hawq.
Politi Bureau
CPI ( ML) Red Star
Bangalore
22 July 2025
