Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) is a political party

Political party

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 in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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, India

India

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. It was formed by D.V. Rao after the 1980 general elections

Indian general election, 1980

India held general elections to the 7th Lok Sabha. The Janata Party came into power riding the public anger against the Congress and the Emergency but its position was weak...

, as a split from the original Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist)

Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist)

Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India was created through the merger of Andhra Pradesh Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries, Northern Zone Committee RCUC, West Bengal Communist Unity Centre and West Bengal Co-ordination Committee of Revolutionaries . The formation took...

. D.V. Rao had been the Central Committee Secretary of UCCRI(ML). However, differences had emerged on issues like how to relate to developments in China

China

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 after the death of Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong

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. D.V. Rao maintained that China under Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping

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remained a socialist state.

Today the party is led by Arika Gumpaswamy.