He had been part of the campaign for justice for Bathani Tola and Laxmanpur Bathe, and had expressed solidarity with CPI(ML)s initiatives and struggles on many occasions.
Just hours before he passed away from a heart attack, he had written an article exposing Modis model of development and his communal, corporate-driven politics. When Amit Shah said the Modi wave was a tsunami, Thomas Kocherry had reminded people that fishworkers recognise and fear a tsunami as a force of destruction and Indias people should, likewise, beware of the Modi tsunami.
CPI(ML) Liberation and all democratic movements have lost a very good friend and comrade. But Thomas Kocherrys legacy will live on in the struggles of working people, in movements challenging plunder and exploitation, in anti-communal struggles, everywhere.
