Abhaya Sahu

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Abhaya Sahu (born 16 June 1958) is an Indian politician and leader of Communist Party of India. He is the national council member of CPI. [1] He elected as secretary of CPI Odisha State Council in September 2022. He is the president of Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) [2] [3] He jailed 7 months for spearheading the anti-Posco movement for eight years. [4] [5] [6] [7]

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