Subhasist Forward Bloc
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Subhasist Forward Bloc is a political party
in Tamil Nadu
, India
. The party was founded in 1963 by Sasivarna Thevar
, after a power vacuum
led Thevar to try to take control of the All India Forward Bloc (AFIB
party in Tamil Nadu
. When he failed, he quit to launch the Subhasist Forward Bloc party, a splinter-group of the AIFB. The party is mainly concentrated in Southern India, in the states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
. The general secretary of the party is K. Kandasamy
.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
, India
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...
. The party was founded in 1963 by Sasivarna Thevar
T. V. Sasivarna Thevar
T.L. Sasivarna Thevar was an Indian politician. He was a protege of U. Muthuramalinga Thevar and a leader of the Forward Bloc....
, after a power vacuum
Power vacuum
A power vacuum is, in its broadest sense, an expression for a condition that exists when someone has lost control of something and no one has replaced them. It is usually used to refer to a political situation that can occur when a government has no identifiable central authority...
led Thevar to try to take control of the All India Forward Bloc (AFIB
All India Forward Bloc
The All India Forward Bloc is a leftwing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party after the independence of India...
party in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
. When he failed, he quit to launch the Subhasist Forward Bloc party, a splinter-group of the AIFB. The party is mainly concentrated in Southern India, in the states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
. The general secretary of the party is K. Kandasamy
K. Kandasamy
K. Kandasamy was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Andipatti constituency in the 1977 election....
.