- Batuk Vora
Batuk Vora (died 2004) was a journalist from
Palitana ,Gujarat ,India . 1949-1950 he worked with "Jay Gujarat" and "Mashal",Gujarati language -journalist published inBombay . He then became involved intrade union struggles and joined theCommunist Party of India . After returning to journalistic work, he wrote for the CPI party organ "New Age". He also worked for "India Abroad", and was its correspondent inSan Francisco ,USA . [http://www.rediff.com/cms/print.jsp?docpath=/news/2004/oct/20vora.htm Print Article - Journalist Batuk Vora dead ] ]In the 1978 Gujarat state assembly elections he contested and won the Palitana seat in
Bhavnagar district as a CPI candidate. He is the only CPI candidate in history which has won a seat in the Gujarat state assembly. [http://www.indianexpress.com/story/250768.html] [http://coalitionagainstgenocide.org/reports/2002/cct.2002.report.vol1.pdf]Following the
2002 Gujarat violence , Vora emerged as a staunch critic of theNarendra Modi state government. Vora died fromcancer at the age of 74.References
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