Ganashakti turns 48 today. It was on this day, the 3rd of January, 1967 that Ganashakti came into being. The voice of the CPI (M) W.Bengal State Committee, Ganashakti started off as an evening papaer with Saroj Mukherjee as its editor & publisher. The four page newspaper was priced at 10 paise. The first editorial of ‘Ganashakti’ ended with these words, ‘The Congress rulers will not go scot free. The final victory has also been that of the people; that is the final lesson of history. But the people will have to strive hard & continue the arduous journey for this struggle. The party mouthpiece, Ganashakti will strive to carry on this tradition. It will relentlessly disseminate the message of the labour & working classes. All plots & conspiracies of the ruling Congress party shall unfold through these columns’.

My Best Wishes and Greetings to Ganashakti and the Workers behind it for its excellent performance of more than four and half decades.