Workers Party of Bangladesh
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The Workers Party of Bangladesh is a Communist
party in Bangladesh
.
WPB was founded in 1980 by the Bangladesh Communist Party (Leninist)
, Revolutionary Communist League, Majdur Party and another group. Amal Sen was the founding general secretary.
In 1984 the party split in two factions, both using the name WPB. One group was led by Amal Sen and Nazrul Islam. The other was led by the current president of the party, Rashed Khan Menon
. In 1992 they reunited.
WPB is part of the Left Democratic Front and the 14-party alliance.
Mass organizations of WPB:
Alliance: Grand Alliance
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
party in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
.
WPB was founded in 1980 by the Bangladesh Communist Party (Leninist)
Bangladesh Communist Party (Leninist)
Bangladesh Communist Party , a communist party in Bangladesh. BCP was founded in Calcutta in the fall of 1971, by several small communist splinter fractions. The core of founders of BCP consisted of Kazi Jafar Ahmad, Rashid Khan Menon and Ranu from the Communist Samanay Kendra, Amul Sen and Nazrul...
, Revolutionary Communist League, Majdur Party and another group. Amal Sen was the founding general secretary.
In 1984 the party split in two factions, both using the name WPB. One group was led by Amal Sen and Nazrul Islam. The other was led by the current president of the party, Rashed Khan Menon
Rashed Khan Menon
Rashed Khan Menon is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the chairman of Workers Party of Bangladesh and a member of Jatiyo Sangsad, the parliament of Bangladesh. Menon is the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Ministry of Education.-Early activism:Menon studied at Dhaka...
. In 1992 they reunited.
WPB is part of the Left Democratic Front and the 14-party alliance.
Mass organizations of WPB:
- Bangladesh Chhatra Maitri (students)
- Juba Maitri (youth)
- Jatio Sramik Federation Bangladesh (labour front)
- Jatio Krishok Somity (peasant front)
- Nari Mukti Sangsad (women Front)
Alliance: Grand Alliance
Grand Alliance of Bangladesh
Grand Alliance: Bangladesh Awami League, Jatiya Party, Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal, Workers Party, Liberal Democratic Party & nine other parties- Bangladeshi general election, 2008 :Total seats: 300Grand Alliance: 263...