Shramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal

Shramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal[1] (Workers Peasants Socialist Party), a Marxist-Leninist political party in Bangladesh. SKSD was formed in 1969 by sympathizers of the Revolutionary Socialist Party of India in East Pakistan.[2] The party was led by A. K. Fazlul Huq.[3]

The general secretary of the party is Nirmal Sen.[4] The party publishes Samajbadi (The Socialist). SKSD maintains close relation to the Indian RSP.

SKSD is a member of the Left Democratic Front and the 11-party alliance. SKSD is currently (2005) the coordinator of LDF. The student wing of SKSD is the Samajbadi Chhatra Jote and the agricultural labour wing is the Khet Majdur Sabha. In the 2001 parliamentary elections Nirmal Sen was the sole SKSD candidate. The party is allied with Awami League.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "25 hurt in police action". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  2. ↑ "Roy, Atindra Mohan - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  3. ↑ "Ther great betrayal: 1947-71". The Nation. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  4. ↑ Banks, Arthur S.; Day, Alan J.; Muller, Thomas C. (1997-11-25). Political Handbook of the World 1997. Springer. p. 11. ISBN 9781349144464.
  5. ↑ Riaz, Ali; Rahman, Mohammad Sajjadur (2016-01-29). Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Bangladesh. Routledge. p. 77. ISBN 9781317308775.
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