Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Shantipal

Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Shantipal is an underground political party in India. The Shanti Pal group emerged as through a split in the North Bengal-Bihar Regional Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), being the pro-Lin Biao faction.[1] The leader of the faction, Shanti Pal, had been a school teacher in Phansidewa who became a key CPI(ML) leader.[2] After forming his own faction Pal remained loyal to the line of the CPI(ML) leader Charu Majumdar.[2] Pal's party combatted landlords in areas like Godda and Sahebganj.[3] The party opposes participation in elections and calls for armed agrarian revolution.[4][5]

As of 1981 COC, CPI(ML) Shanti Pal had influence in Bhawanipur, Rupauli, Dhamdaha and Barhatta blocks of Purnea district and parts of Katihar district.[6] On March 9, 1993 COC, CPI(ML) Shanti Pal militants killed nine people in Amjhora village, Banka District.[7] As of 2006 the leader of Shanti Pal group in Madhepura was in jail, sentenced for the killing of a mukhya.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Maj Gen PJS Sandhu (Retd) (14 December 2011). Strategies for Countering Non State Actors in South Asia. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. p. 128. ISBN 978-93-82573-44-9.
  2. 1 2 Amiya K. Samanta (1984). Left extremist movement in West Bengal: an experiment in armed agrarian struggle. Firma KLM. p. 312.
  3. ↑ The Telegraph. Red brigade eyes Godda as new frontier
  4. ↑ Ved Marwah (1997). Uncivil Wars: Pathology of Terrorism in India. HarperCollins. p. 330. ISBN 978-81-7223-251-1.
  5. ↑ Türkkaya Ataöv (1 January 2001). Kashmir and Neighbours: Tale, Terror, Truce. Ashgate. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-7546-2252-9.
  6. ↑ Amrik Singh Nimbran (1992). Poverty, Land, and Violence: An Analytical Study of Naxalism in Bihar. Layman's Publications. p. 123.
  7. ↑ Global terrorism. Gyan Publishing House. 2003. p. 282. ISBN 978-81-7835-267-1.
  8. ↑ Times of India. Naxal fear stalks Madhepura
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