Left Front (India)
Left Front (India) | |
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Founded | 1982[1] |
Political position | Left-wing |
The Left Front is an alliance of Indian left-wing parties.The Left Front that assumed office for the first time in 1977 comprised six parties.[2][3] They were, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Forward Bloc, the Revolutionary Socialist Party, the Marxist Forward Bloc, the Revolutionary Communist Party of India and the Biplabi Bangla Congress. However, in the Lok Sabha elections of 1980 the Communist Party of India had informal seat adjustments with the Left Front. It joined the Front in 1982.[4]
West Bengal Left Front
In West Bengal the following parties are parts of the Left Front:
- Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) forms the largest part of it.
- Communist Party of India
- Revolutionary Socialist Party
- All India Forward Bloc
- Revolutionary Communist Party of India
- Marxist Forward Bloc
- Samajwadi Party
- Democratic Socialist Party
- Biplobi Bangla Congress
- Workers Party of India
- Bolshevik Party of India
The convenor of the West Bengal Left Front committee is Biman Bose, a politburo member of the CPI(M).
Tripura Left Front
In Tripura, the following parties are members of Left Front:
- Communist Party of India (Marxist) forms the largest part of it.
- Communist Party of India
- Revolutionary Socialist Party
- All India Forward Bloc
The convenor of the Tripura Left Front committee is Khagen Das, a central committee member of the CPI(M).
Kerala Left Democratic Front
In Kerala, a formation of left parties led by the CPI(M) called the Left Democratic Front is the opposition group in the Kerala State Assembly.
- Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- Communist Party of India
- Nationalist Congress Party
- Janata Dal (Secular)
- Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group)
- Indian National Congress (Socialist)
- Indian National League
References
External links
- Leftism in India, 1917-1947 by Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri, Palgrave, U.K., 2007.