Central Reorganisation Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
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Central Reorganization Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), a communist group in India
1979-1991. The Secretary of the All-India Leading Committee of the CRC, CPI(ML) was K. Venu. The main organ of CRC, CPI(ML) was called Mass Line. CRC, CPI(ML) also published Liberation and Comrade.
CRC, CPI(ML) emerged out of the pro-Charu Majumdar
tendency of the Naxalite
movement. It had its main roots in the Kerala State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
(CPI(ML)). But the KSC differed from the original CPI(ML) by advocating a mass line
.
In 1982 the First All India Conference of CRC, CPI(ML) was held. The second conference was held in 1987.
In 1984 CRC, CPI(ML) was one of the three founders of the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement
(the others being Revolutionary Communist Party (USA) and Partido Comunista Revolucionario (Chile)).
In 1987 CRC, CPI(ML) suffered a heavy setback when a major portion of the organization broke away and formed CPI(ML) Red Flag
.
In October 1991 CRC, CPI(ML) was dissolved. K. Venu renounced Maoism and declared an All India communist party as an impossibility. Groups dissatisfied with the dissolution formed the Maharashtra Communist Party and Kerala Communist Party. MCP and KCP later merged to form MUC, CPI(ML). MUC, CPI(ML) later merged with CPI(ML) Naxalbari
.
K. Venu later joined the Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy
. He contested the 1996 Kerala assembly elections from Kondugallur. Venu came second with 37,234 votes.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
1979-1991. The Secretary of the All-India Leading Committee of the CRC, CPI(ML) was K. Venu. The main organ of CRC, CPI(ML) was called Mass Line. CRC, CPI(ML) also published Liberation and Comrade.
CRC, CPI(ML) emerged out of the pro-Charu Majumdar
Charu Majumdar
Charu Majumdar was a communist revolutionary from India. Charu Majumdar's life is a story of "riches to rags". Born in a progressive landlord family in Siliguri in 1918, he not only dedicated his entire life to peasants' cause but also authored the historic 1968 Naxalbari uprising, the ideology...
tendency of the Naxalite
Naxalite
The word Naxal, Naxalite or Naksalvadi is a generic term used to refer to various militant Communist groups operating in different parts of India under different organizational envelopes...
movement. It had its main roots in the Kerala State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
The Communist Party of India was formed by the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries at a congress in Calcutta in 1969. The foundation of the party was declared by Kanu Sanyal at a mass-meeting in Calcutta on the 22nd of April .-History:CPI advocated armed revolution and...
(CPI(ML)). But the KSC differed from the original CPI(ML) by advocating a mass line
Mass line
The Mass Line is the political, organizational or leadership method developed by Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist during the Chinese revolution...
.
In 1982 the First All India Conference of CRC, CPI(ML) was held. The second conference was held in 1987.
In 1984 CRC, CPI(ML) was one of the three founders of the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement
Revolutionary Internationalist Movement
The defunct Revolutionary Internationalist Movement was an international Communist organization which upheld a version of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism founded in 1984 sought to "struggle for the formation of a Communist International of a new type, based on Marxism-Leninism-Maoism"...
(the others being Revolutionary Communist Party (USA) and Partido Comunista Revolucionario (Chile)).
In 1987 CRC, CPI(ML) suffered a heavy setback when a major portion of the organization broke away and formed CPI(ML) Red Flag
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
The Communist Party of India was formed by the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries at a congress in Calcutta in 1969. The foundation of the party was declared by Kanu Sanyal at a mass-meeting in Calcutta on the 22nd of April .-History:CPI advocated armed revolution and...
.
In October 1991 CRC, CPI(ML) was dissolved. K. Venu renounced Maoism and declared an All India communist party as an impossibility. Groups dissatisfied with the dissolution formed the Maharashtra Communist Party and Kerala Communist Party. MCP and KCP later merged to form MUC, CPI(ML). MUC, CPI(ML) later merged with CPI(ML) Naxalbari
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Naxalbari
Communist Party of India Naxalbari is an underground Maoist political party in India. The party has its roots partially in the Maoist Unity Centre, CPI and partially in the group of Rauf in Andhra Pradesh....
.
K. Venu later joined the Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy
Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy
Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy is a political party in the Indian state of Kerala. The party was formed in 1994 when the CPI leader K.R. Gowri Amma was expelled from Communist Party of India . She is the widow of the Communist Party of India leader T.V...
. He contested the 1996 Kerala assembly elections from Kondugallur. Venu came second with 37,234 votes.