Lal Nishan Party communist political party

Political party

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 in the India

India

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n state of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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. LNP was formed as a splintergroup of Communist Party of India

Communist Party of India

The Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925...

 in 1942, when CPI didn't support the Quit India Movement

Quit India Movement

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LNP main work is trade union activism. The trade union of the party is called Sarva Shramik Sangh.

The party publication is called Nave Parva. Earlier SSS publishes a Marathi

Marathi language

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 daily newspaper from Pune

Pune

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 called Shramik Vichar.

During the 1980s LNP developed a close cooperation with Kamgar Aghadi.

In 1988 a split occurred when a hardline section, critical of the Perestroika

Perestroika

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, broke away and formed Lal Nishan Party (Leninvadi)

Lal Nishan Party (Leninvadi)

Lal Nishan Party is a communist political party in the Indian state of Maharashtra. LNP was formed a splintergroup of Lal Nishan Party in 1988. LNP was critical to that LNP had gotten closer to the Indian National Congress and the Perestroika.LNP is mainly concentrated to trade union activism...

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Lal Nishan Party participates in the Confederation of Indian Communists and Democratic Socialists

Confederation of Indian Communists and Democratic Socialists

Confederation of Indian Communist and Democratic Socialists ' is a confederation of pro-Congress communist and Social Democratic parties in India. These parties are against major Leftist parties of India like Communist Party of India and Communist Party of India.The constituent parties of CICDS...

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