All India Students Association (AISA) leader, two-time president of the JNU Students' Union, and the emerging star of CPI(ML) Liberation, Chandrashekhar, was killed in broad daylight in his hometown of Siwan in 1997. He was allegedly killed by a man close to notorious strongman and RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin. When the students wanted to meet then Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, he described them as “drug-crazed upper-caste feudal boys.” After 28 years, the RJD has fielded Osama Sahab, son of Mohammad Shahabuddin, in the Raghunathpur assembly seat. The CPI(ML) Liberation is a part of the RJD-led opposition alliance of Mahagathbandhan; it has not opposed Shahabuddin's son and has not fielded a candidate against him.

CPI(ML) Liberation surrenders to realpolitik

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