List of communist parties in India
India has a number of current and historical Communist parties. These include:
Pro-Left Front Communist Parties
- Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- Communist Party of India
- Minor Left Parties
- Communist Marxist Party (Aravindakshan) led by K.R. Aravindakshan
- Satyashodhak Communist Party
- Bolshevik Party of India
- Revolutionary Communist Party of India (RCPI) led by Biren Deka[1]
- Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist) Kovoor led by Kovoor Kunjumon
- Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist) Ambalathara led by Ambalathara Sreedharan Nair
- Revolutionary Socialist Party (Marxist) Prem Sudha led by Prem Sudha
- Peasants and Workers Party of India
- Marxist Forward Bloc
- Forward Bloc Secular of M. P. George
- Workers Party of India
- Biplabi Bangla Congress
- Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy led by K. R. Gowri Amma
- Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)
Left United Front
Pro-Chinese Naxal/Maoist Communist Parties
Moderate Pro-Chinese Naxal/Maoist Communist Parties
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation led by Dipankar Bhattacharya
- Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Class Struggle led by Kanu Sanyal
- Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Flag led by P.C. Unnichekkan
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star led by K.N. Ramchandran
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Democracy led by Yatendra Kumar
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Somnath led by Somnath Chatterjee Ukhra and Pradip Banerjee
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Shantipal
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Praja Pantha
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Jan Samvad
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Nai Pahal
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Proletarian
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Maharashtra
- Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) led by Santosh Rana
- Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) (D.V. Rao)
- Communist Ghadar Party of India
- Communist Party of Bharat led by Ranjan Chakraborty
- Marxist-Leninist Committee led by K. Venkateswar Rao
Extremist Pro-Chinese Naxal/Maoist Communist Parties
- Communist Party of India (Maoist) led by Muppala Lakshmana Rao
- Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist)
- Communist Revolutionary Centre
- Communist Party of United States of India led by Veeranna
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti - Koora Rajanna led by Koora Rajanna
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti - Ranadheer led by Ranadheer
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti - Chandra Pulla Reddy led by Chandra Pulla Reddy
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Mahadev Mukherjee) led by Mahadev Mukherjee
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Bhaijee
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Prajashakti
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Prathighatana
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Praja Pratighatana
- Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Second Central Committee
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Central Team
- Communist Party Reorganisation Centre of India (Marxist-Leninist)
- Communist League of India (Marxist-Leninist) Ramnath
- Communist League of India (Marxist-Leninist) Parikalpana
- Communist League of India (Marxist-Leninist) Revisionist
- Re-organizing Committee, Communist League of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Pro-Congress/UPA Communist Parties
- All India Forward Bloc
- Indian People's Forward Bloc
- Revolutionary Socialist Party
- Confederation of Indian Communists and Democratic Socialists (CICDS)
- United Communist Party of India led by Mohit Sen
- Communist Marxist Party (John) led by CP John
- Party of Democratic Socialism led by Saifuddin Choudhury and Samir Putatundu
- Communist Revolutionary League of India (CRLI) led by Ashim Chatterjee
- Peoples Revolutionary Party of India (Paschimbanga Ganatantrik Manch) led by Sumantha Hira
- Tripura Ganatantrik Manch led by Ajoy Biswas
- Janganotantrik Morcha led by Ajoy Biswas
- Marxist Manch of Assam
- Orissa Communist Party led by Ajay Rout
- Krantikari Samyavadi Party based in Bihar
- Rashtravadi Communist Party based in Uttar Pradesh
- Madhya Pradesh Kisan Mazdoor Adivasi Kranti Dal
- Communist Party of Marxist New of Dr. A. Ravindranath Kennedy
Pro-BJP/NDA Communist Parties
Other Communist Parties
- Communist Workers Party
- Marxist Co-ordination Committee
- Lal Nishan Party (Leninvadi)
- Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Das)
- Telangana Communist Party
- Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy (Satyajith) led by V. Satyajith
- Revolutionary Socialist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
- Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik) led by A. V. Thamarakshan
- All India Forward Bloc (Subhasist) (All India Forward Bloc (Kandasamy)) led by K. Kandasamy
- Democratic Forward Bloc
- Samajwadi Forward Bloc led by S.P. Tiwari
- New Socialist Alternative
Defunct Communist Parties
- Bolshevik–Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and Burma
- Communist Consolidation
- Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan (merged with Communist Party of India in 1925)
- League Against Gandhism
- Radical Democratic Party
- Communist League (India, 1931) (merged with Communist Party of India in 1937)
- Communist League (India, 1934) (renamed as Revolutionary Communist Party of India after a split in 1943)
- Lal Communist Party Hind Union (merged with Communist Party of India in 1952)
- Communist Party of French India (merged with Communist Party of India in 1954)
- Marxist League
- Communist League (India, 1950) (merged with Revolutionary Workers Party in 1958)
- Socialist Party (Marxist) (merged with Revolutionary Workers Party in 1958)
- Mazdoor Communist Party (merged with Revolutionary Workers Party in 1958)
- Revolutionary Workers Party (revived as Socialist Workers Party in 1965)
- Socialist Workers Party (renamed as Communist League in 1971)
- Communist League (India, 1971) (evolved from Socialist Workers Party in 1971, now defunct)
- Marxist League of Kerala
- Forward Communist Party (splintered into 2 - Forward Communist Party (Anandi Mukherji) and Forward Communist Party (Joglekar))
- Forward Communist Party (Anandi Mukherji) (merged with Bolshevik Party of India)
- Forward Communist Party (Joglekar) (merged with Communist Party of India)
- All India Communist Party led by Late S.A. Dange and Roza Deshpande (merged with United Communist Party of India in 1989)
- Indian Communist Party (Sen) led by Late Mohit Sen, D. Pandian, M. Kalyanasundarm and SU. Palanisamy (merged with United Communist Party of India in 1989)
- Communist Party of Punjab led by Wadhawa Ram and Sukhinder Singh (merged with United Communist Party of India in 1989)
- Lal Nishan Party (merged with Communist Party of India in 2017)
- Marxist Communist Party of India of Late Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri (merged with Marxist Communist Party of India (United) in 2005)
- Communist Party Marxist (Punjab) led by Mangat Ram Pasla (merged with Marxist Communist Party of India (United) in 2005)
- Communist Party of India (Marxist) Hardan Roy led by Hardan Roy (merged with Marxist Communist Party of India (United) in 2005)
- BTR–EMS–AKG Janakeeya Vedi of Late V. B. Cherian (merged with Marxist Communist Party of India (United) in 2005)
- Bahujana Communist Party (2006-???)
- Communist Workers Party (1976-1998)
- Inquilabi Communist Sangathan
- Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Tagore) (1948-1974)
- Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Nandi), one of the splinter group of Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Tagore).
- Revolutionary Communist Council of India (1970s)
- Real Communist Party of India (1991-2001)
- Tamil Nadu Communist Party (1973-??)
- Workers Revolutionary Party (1970)
Defunct Pro-Chinese Naxal/Maoist Communist Parties
- All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries
- Andhra Pradesh Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries (merged with Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist–Leninist) in 1975)
- Andhra Pradesh Committee of Communist Revolutionaries (Chandra Pulla Reddy) (merged with Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Satyanarayan Singh)
- Revolutionary Communist Unity Centre (Marxist-Leninist) (merged with Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist–Leninist) in 1975)
- West Bengal Communist Unity Centre (merged with Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist–Leninist) in 1975)
- West Bengal Co-ordination Committee of Revolutionaries (merged with Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist–Leninist) in 1975)
- Punjab Communist Revolutionary Committee (merged with Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist–Leninist) in 1976)
- Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist–Leninist) (splintered into many factions led by D.V. Rao, Harbhajan Sohi, Subodh Mitra, Ajmer Group, and Anand)
- Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Ajmer group)
- Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Harbhajan Sohi) led by Harbhajan Sohi (merged with Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India in 1988)
- Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Anand) led by Anand (merged with Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India in 1988)
- Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist–Leninist) Subodh Mitra led by Subodh Mitra (merged with Communist Organisation of India (Marxist-Leninist))
- Communist Revolutionary Party led by K.P.R. Gopalan (splintered from All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries)
- Indian People's Front
- Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Marxist-Leninist) (splintered as Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Maoist) and Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist))
- Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Maoist) (splintered from Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Marxist-Leninist). Merged with Maoist Communist Centre of India)
- Maoist Communist Centre (merged with Maoist Communist Centre of India)
- Maoist Communist Centre of India (merged with Communist Party of India (Maoist))
- Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (splintered into many factions)
- Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Party Unity led by N. Prasad (merged with Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War)
- Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War (merged with Communist Party of India (Maoist))
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Naxalbari led by Rauf (merged with Communist Party of India (Maoist))
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Second Central Committee
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Chandrashekar led by Chandrashekar (merged with Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India in 1988)
- Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) led by B.N. Sharma (merged with Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India in 1988)
- Revolutionary Communist Party led by Takra (merged with Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India)
- Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (merged with Communist Party Reorganisation Centre of India (Marxist-Leninist)
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Central Team Punjab (merged with Communist Party Reorganisation Centre of India (Marxist-Leninist)
- Communist Unity Centre of India (merged with Communist Party Reorganisation Centre of India (Marxist-Leninist)
- Marxist–Leninist Organising Centre (merged with Communist Party Reorganisation Centre of India (Marxist-Leninist)
- Organizing Committee of Communist Revolutionaries led by Late Kanu Sanyal (merged with Communist Organisation of India (Marxist-Leninist))
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Kaimur Range led by Ravi Shankar (merged with Communist Organisation of India (Marxist-Leninist))
- Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (disintegrated)
- Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Umadhar Singh) led by Umadhar Singh (merged with Communist Organisation of India (Marxist-Leninist))
- Indian Communist Party led by U. Krishnappa (merged with Communist Organisation of India (Marxist-Leninist))
- Liberation Front led by Sabuj Sen (merged with Communist Organisation of India (Marxist-Leninist))
- Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) New Initiative led by Arvind Sinha (merged with Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Unity Initiative)
- Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Janashakti COC (merged with Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Unity Initiative)
- Communist Organisation of India (Marxist-Leninist) led by Late Kanu Sanyal (merged with Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Class Struggle)
- Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Unity Initiative (merged with Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Class Struggle)
- Communist Party of Indian Union (Marxist–Leninist) led by Subodh Mitra and S.D. Bose (merged with Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Class Struggle)
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Flag Ramachandran led by C. N. Ramachandran (merged with Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Class Struggle)
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Flag Kunhikannan led by Kunhikannan (merged with Communist Party of India (Marxist))
- Central Reorganisation Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) led by K. Venu (splintered into 3 factions. The major faction led by K. Venu merged with Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy. The other two factions evolved as Maharashtra Communist Party and Kerala Communist Party)
- Maharashtra Communist Party (merged with Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) MUC)
- Kerala Communist Party (merged with Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) MUC)
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) MUC (merged with Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Naxalbari)
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Satyanarayan Singh) (revived as Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) by Santosh Rana)
- Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Bolshevik led by Jayshree Rana (splintered from Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist))
- Communist League of India (Marxist–Leninist) (splintered into 4 factions - Ramnath, Parikalpana, Revisionist, and Re-organizing Committee, Communist League of India (Marxist-Leninist))
- Centre of Indian Communists
- Lal Sena (merged with Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation)
- Lal Jhanda Dal
- Kangleipak Communist Party
Defunct RSP Factions
- National Revolutionary Socialist Party of R.M. Parameswaran
- Revolutionary Socialist Party (Sreekandan Nair) of N. Sreekantan Nair
- Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John) of Shibu Baby John
- Revolutionary Socialist Party (Marxist) of Babu Divakaran
- Revolutionary Socialist Party (Left) of C.P. Karthikeyan (merged with Communist Marxist Party (John))
- Uttar Pradesh Revolutionary Socialist Party
Defunct Forward Bloc Factions
- All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar) led by Ramchandra Sakharam Ruikar (merged with Praja Socialist Party)
- Forward Bloc (Socialist) led by Kamal Guha (merged with All India Forward Bloc)
- Bharatiya Forward Bloc led by K.A. Murugan (merged with All India Forward Bloc)
- Revolutionary Forward Bloc led by S. Andi Thevar and Velayudham Nayar (merged with All India Forward Bloc)
- National Forward Bloc led by K. Kandasamy and T.P.M. Periyasami (merged with Tamil Nadu Forward Bloc)
- Pasumpon Forward Bloc led by C. Ayyanan Ambalam (merged with Tamil Nadu Forward Bloc)
- Tamil Nadu Forward Bloc led by C. Ayyanan Ambalam (merged with All India Forward Bloc)
Defunct Leftist Socialist Factions
See also
References
- ↑ "Leadership". www.rcpicommunist.in. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
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