Very sad news. Comrade M.K.Pandhe, Senior Vice-President, CITU, PBM CPI(M) and the leading light of the working class expired last midnight at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital Delhi. Com Pandhe was the senior most trade union leader in the country. He was 86. He was the guide and teacher to the BSNL Employees Union. My deep grief and heartfelt condolences to party, all comrades and the bereaved family in this great loss. – V.A.N.Namboodiri
Sad News. Comrade M.K.Pandhe passed away
20 Saturday Aug 2011
Posted in Obituary, Tributes
VAN Namboodiri's Blog 
RED SALUTE COMRADE MK PANDHE.
I pay most respectful homage to Comrade Dr. MADHUKAR KASHIRAM PANDHE – the doyen of Indian Working Class movement and class struggle, the relentless fighter against imperialism& neo-liberal globalisation and the best friend-philosopher-guide of BSNL employees’ movement. Red Salute to Com. Pandhe. – Mihir Dasgupta, Kolkata
redsalute to the com. m k pandhe