Lal Nishan Party (Red Flag Party (Leninist)) is a 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(L) was formed a splintergroup of Lal Nishan Party

Lal Nishan Party

Lal Nishan Party , communist political party in the Indian state of Maharashtra. LNP was formed as a splintergroup of Communist Party of India in 1942, when CPI didn't support the Quit India Movement....

 in 1988. LNP(L) was critical to that LNP had gotten closer to the Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

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 and the Perestroika

Perestroika

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LNP(L) is mainly concentrated to trade union activism. The trade union organization of the party is called Sarva Shramik Sanghathan. The strongest base of SSS is in Pune

Pune

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. In general, LNP(L) does not contest elections.

The party was led by Ashok Manohar until his death in 2003.

Ahead of the Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha

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 elections 2004 LNP(L) supported the candidates of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Flag

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Flag

Communist Party of India Red Flag was a political party in India. CPI Red Flag was formed in 1988 as a break-away from the Central Reorganization Committee, CPI. The party's main base of support was in Kerala, where it emerged as the major ML faction...

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LNP(L) published Leninwadi Lalnishan monthly from Pune.http://rni.nic.in/latest/languagewise1.asp?currentpage=3627

External links

• A revolutionary leader dies, article in Green Left Weekly