Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Central Team
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Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Central Team was formed in 1977 when activists from Punjab, Maharashtra
and West Bengal
of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
(CPI(ML)) of Satyanaryan Singh revolted against the party leadership. CPI(ML) Central Team reaffirmed the legacy of Charu Majumdar
.
The principal strength of the party was in Punjab. In Punjab the new party started publishing Surkh Rekha. The party built up the Punjab Kisan Union, and led struggles particularly in the Jalandhar
and Ludhiana districts.
During the Khalistan
i days, the Punjab unit developed cooperation with one splintergroup of the Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist)
(UCCRI(ML)) within the Front against Repression and Communalism. This experience attracted the group to a mass line. In 1994 the Punjab branch of CPI(ML) Central Team unified with Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India
, Communist Unity Centre of India and Marxist-Leninist Organising Centre to form the Communist Party Reorganization Centre of India (Marxist-Leninist). Surkh Rekha became the publication of CPRCI(ML).
The Maharashta and West Bengal
branches maintained themselves as CPI(ML) Central Team. Ahead of the 1999 Lok Sabha
elections CPI(ML) Central Team signed a boycott call in together with CPI(ML) People's War and Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Maoist)
.
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
and West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
The Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India is a communist political party in India. The general secretary of the party is Santosh Rana. The party is often referred to as CPI [Santosh Rana Group] or likewise....
(CPI(ML)) of Satyanaryan Singh revolted against the party leadership. CPI(ML) Central Team reaffirmed the legacy of 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...
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The principal strength of the party was in Punjab. In Punjab the new party started publishing Surkh Rekha. The party built up the Punjab Kisan Union, and led struggles particularly in the Jalandhar
Jalandhar
Jalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh...
and Ludhiana districts.
During the Khalistan
Khalistan
Khalistan refers to a global political secessionist movement to create a separate Sikh state, called Khālistān , carved out of parts mostly consisting of the Punjab region of India, depending on definition....
i days, the Punjab unit developed cooperation with one splintergroup of the Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Harbhajan Sohi)
Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India [Harbhajan Sohi], a splinter-group of UCCRI. Since July 1977 the UCCRI Central Committee Member from Punjab, Harbhajan Sohi had started to express criticism towards the Three Worlds Theory of the Communist Party of China. Gradually he got closer...
(UCCRI(ML)) within the Front against Repression and Communalism. This experience attracted the group to a mass line. In 1994 the Punjab branch of CPI(ML) Central Team unified with Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India
Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India
Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India was formed in 1988 through the merger of the Anand and Harbhajan Sohi factions of UCCRI, CPI Chandrashekar group, Revolutionary Communist Party and Organizing Committee, CPI...
, Communist Unity Centre of India and Marxist-Leninist Organising Centre to form the Communist Party Reorganization Centre of India (Marxist-Leninist). Surkh Rekha became the publication of CPRCI(ML).
The Maharashta and West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
branches maintained themselves as CPI(ML) Central Team. Ahead of the 1999 Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
elections CPI(ML) Central Team signed a boycott call in together with CPI(ML) People's War and Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Maoist)
Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Maoist)
Revolutionary Communist Centre of India , was a communist group based in Punjab. RCCI was formed in 1995, as the Revolutionary Communist Centre of India was divided into two...
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