Pankaj Bhattacharya

Pankaj Bhattacharya (; 6 August 1939 – 23 April 2023) was a left-wing politician and freedom fighter of the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was the president of the Oikya National Awami Party.

Early life Bhattacharya was born on 6 August 1939 in Noapara, Raozan Upazila, Chittagong District, Bengal Province, British India. He was expelled from Chattogram Collegiate School in 1959 for political activities. He stayed at Jagannath Hall. He was again arrested in 1967 and detained in the office of the Detective Branch in the Shadhin Bangla Conspiracy Case in 1967. He founded Shamajik Andalan as an outlet for progressive and democratic voices.

Bhattacharya founded the Oikya National Awami Party in 2010. His body was kept at the Shaheed Minar where people, including Hasan Mahmud, Kamal Hossain, Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman, Nurul Islam Nahid, Rashed Khan Menon, Zonayed Saki, paid their respects.