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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Ganashakti Trust |
| Editor | Samik Lahiri[1] |
| Founded | January 3, 1967 (1967-01-03) |
| Political alignment | Left-wing |
| Language | Bengali |
| Headquarters | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Country | India |
| Sister newspapers | Deshabhimani,People's Democracy,Daily Desher Katha,Prajasakti,Theekkathir |
| Website | ganashakti |
Ganashakti Patrika (1967–present) is an IndianBengalidaily newspaper published fromKolkata, West Bengal, India.[2] The paper is an organ of theCommunist Party of India (Marxist) West Bengal State Committee.[3]
It first appeared as a fortnightly on 3 January 1967 and then it started as anevening daily for quite some time and finally converted into a full-fledged daily newspaper. Presently Ganashakti has 3 editions in Kolkata,Durgapur andSiliguri having a daily circulation of less than 7,50,000. One of its founders was Ashok Gupta or Ramendranath Bhattacharya, who fought inGoa liberation movement and was a prominent Marxist leader of West Bengal.
The principal catalyst behind transformation ofGanashakti wasSaroj Mukherjee, a freedom fighter and CPI(M)'sstate secretary during the 1980s. After Mukherjee's death his efforts were carried on byAnil Biswas. Ganashakti reached its highest circulation at the time of Biswas's editorship. Ganashakti Trust is the owner of the Ganashakti newspaper. Present the paper is running by a trust[4] and the editor isSamik Lahiri.[5]
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