Com. K. M. Tiwari in conversation with Indu Agnihotri

Abstract

K. M. Tiwari passed away on December 10, 2024, aged 70. A trade union leader, Tiwari rose through the ranks working in the Ghaziabad-Sahibabad industrial belt. He started work in the 1970s as a worker at Swadeshi Polytex, was fired for union work and became a full-time activist. He went on to become the Delhi state secretary and president of CITU and was also on its General Council and Working Committee for many years. He built CITU into a major force in the Ghaziabad industrial area.

Joining the Party in 1977, Tiwari was elected to the Delhi State Committee of the CPI(M) in 1988, to its Secretariat in 1991 and to the Central Committee in 2018.

During the course of his political work he was jailed for over three months and had to remain underground for three years and nine months.

The interview was conducted by Prof. Indu Agnihotri, historian, on 8 June 2024 at the CPI(M) Delhi Party Office, HKS Surjeet Bhawan, New Delhi.

Included here: 1 DOCUMENT: K M Tiwari interview Key Points - in Hindi and English 2 VIDEO Video Interview link: https://citu.s.gy/kmtiwari To view the video, click the first link below under URI.