Maruti Manpade, champion of farmers’ rights, dies of Covid
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Maruti Manpade, champion of farmers’ rights, dies of Covid
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Bengaluru: Maruti Manpade, veteran CPI-M leader, died at a private hospital in Solapur, Maharashtra, on Tuesday due to Covid-19 related complications, the family revealed. He was 65 and is survived by wife and two sons. Manpade was serving as vice president of Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha, an organisation affiliated to All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS). Members of his family said he contracted Covid-19 some weeks ago and suffered from complications arising from the infection for the past two weeks. He was recently shifted to a private hospital in Solapur from Kalaburagi. Associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist), he was a popular functioanry who fought for the rights of farmers and agricultural labourers in the state especially in the Kalyana Karnataka region. During the nationwide lockdown induced by the pandemic and even after restrictions were lifted, Manpade had worked to highlight and alleviate the sufferings of the poor and needy.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2020-10-21
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Bengaluru