Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation

CPI Liberation is a political party that was reorganised in Bihar during the Bhojpur Movement. It has presence in several states of the country namely Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, West Bengal, Delhi, Rajasthan, Odisha, Karnataka, Assam and Tamil Nadu.

About Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation in brief

CPI Liberation is a political party that was reorganised in Bihar during the Bhojpur Movement after the death of Charu Majumdar and disintegration of the CPI. It has presence in several states of the country namely Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, West Bengal, Delhi, Rajasthan, Odisha, Karnataka, Assam and Tamil Nadu where it operates through various mass organisations. The Communist Party of India L) also referred to as the Liberation group is a communist political party in India. The party has been able to send its representatives to the state legislative assemblies of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. In November 2020, it was able to fetch 12 seats in Bihar’s English-language election. In the 2004 elections the seat was lost, mainly due to a split within the ASDC.

The surviving CPI Liberation faction is led by Dipankar Bhattacharya and has established legal overground structures and participates in the Lok Sabha elections. In 1997 the party won 3% of the votes and one seat in Punjab’s Lok Sabha. In 1999 it won the 0.3% of votes and 1 seat in West Bengal’s Lok-language elections and in November 2000 it won 0.5% of Votes and 1 Seat in Delhi’s Vidhan Sabha. The Indian People’s Front is a non-party mass movement led by Nagbhushan Patnaik. It was formed in 1985, the party launched People’s democratic Front (IPF) in Karbi Anglong district of Assam which won a seat in state assembly. In 1987 PDF was transformed to Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC) which swept district council elections in 1989.

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