Atul Kumar Anjan

{{Short description|Indian politician (1954/1955–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}

{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Atul Kumar Anjaan

| image = Atul anjan.jpg

| birth_date = 28 April 1955

| birth_place = Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/GE2004_Affidavits/Uttar%20Pradesh/Affidavits/40/ATUL%20KUMAR/ATUL%20KUMAR_SC1.html | title= Election Commission of India}}

| death_date = {{death date and given age|2024|05|03|69|df=y}}

| death_place = Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

| office = General Secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha

| term_start = 1997

| term_end = 2024

| predecessor = Y. V. Krishna Rao

| successor =

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| 1namedata =

| residence = Delhi, India

| nationality =

| party = Communist Party of India

| occupation = Social activist, politician

| alma_mater = Lucknow University

}}

Atul Kumar Anjaan (28 April 1955 – 3 May 2024) was an Indian politician who was a senior CPI leader and national secretary of the Communist Party of India.{{Cite news|last=PTI|date=9 October 2013|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-left-convention-to-focus-on-isolating-communal-forces-atul-kumar-anjaan-1901205|title=Left convention to focus on isolating communal forces: Atul Kumar Anjaan|work=DNA India|access-date=18 March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=http://myneta.info/ls2009/candidate.php?candidate_id=1823|title=ATUL KUMAR SINGH ANJAN(Communist Party of India(CPI)):Constituency- Ghosi(UTTAR PRADESH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|website=myneta.info}} He is the General Secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha.{{cite news |last1=Rizwanullah |first1=Syed |title=the All India Kisan Sabha general secretary Atul Kumar Anjan blamed the NDA and the UPA governments for suicide of 2.14 lakh farmers in the last 12 years. These governments have attempted to make us slaves of the international finance capital in a span of 12 years and adopted anti-farmer and anti-people policies, he alleged here on Thursday while addressing inangural session of the four-day the AIKS convention. - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/the-All-India-Kisan-Sabha-general-secretary-Atul-Kumar-Anjan-blamed-the-NDA-and-the-UPA-governments-for-suicide-of-2-14-lakh-farmers-in-the-last-12-years-These-governments-have-attempted-to-make-us-slaves-of-the-international-finance-capital-in-a-span-of-12-years-and-adopted-anti-farmer-and-anti-people-policies-he-alleged-here-on-Thursday-while-addressing-inangural-session-of-the-four-day-the-AIKS-convention-/articleshow/7071912.cms |access-date=15 October 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=9 December 2010 |language=en}}

Anjan did his schooling from Lucknow in state board school and graduation, post graduation and then L.L.B also from Lucknow University in 1967, 1972, 1976 and 1983 respectively.{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/GE2004_Affidavits/Uttar%20Pradesh/Affidavits/40/ATUL%20KUMAR/ATUL%20KUMAR_SC6.html |title= Election Commission Record of Dr. Atul Kumar Anjaan}} And he was the student union president of Lucknow University. As of 1978, Anjan was the Uttar Pradesh State President of the All India Students Federation.{{cite book|author=Akshayakumar Ramanlal Desai|title=Violation of Democratic Rights in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9i5sNMNh_uIC&pg=PA288|year=1986|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-0-86132-130-8|page=288}} He was later elected as National President of AISF in 1979 and continued to be in the position till 1986 thus led the organization for seven years. {{Cite web |title=Senior leaders condole death of CPI leader Atul Kumar Anjaan |url=https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2024/05/03/del34-atul-anjaan-condolences.html |access-date=4 May 2024 |website=The Week |language=en}}

Ghosi (Lok Sabha constituency) has the history of sending Communist Party of India (CPI) candidates many times and remained a stronghold of communists in northern India till early 1980s but from 1990s onwards the communists lost ground from there but still CPI fielded Atul Kumar as a CPI candidate from Ghosi in the general election, 2014 and he fought unsuccessfully Lok Sabha election since 1998 from Ghosi.{{Cite web|url=http://www.communistparty.in/2013/04/atul-kumar-anjan-working-tirelessly.html |title=Biodata of Dr. Atul Kumar Anjaan|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140519130952/http://www.communistparty.in/2013/04/atul-kumar-anjan-working-tirelessly.html|archive-date= 19 May 2014 | url-status= live}} [http://myneta.info/ls2009/candidate.php?candidate_id=1823 Alt URL]{{cite web|url=http://ceouttarpradesh.nic.in/070_PC_Statistics_English.aspx|title=Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-70-Ghosi|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website}}