Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star

The Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star is a political party in India. The party emerged from a 2009 split in the CPI (ML) led by Kanu Sanyal.[1][2] K.N. Ramchandran is the general secretary of the party.[3]

Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star
SecretaryK N Ramachandran
Founded2009
Split fromCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Class Struggle
NewspaperRed Star monthly
IdeologyMarxism–Leninism
Website
www.cpiml.in/cms/

Origin

CPI (ML) Red Star is a newly organised party originated from CPIML formed at 1969 by Comrade Charu Majumdar. This party has been formed by the merger of various fraction of CPIML on 2009 by the 9th Congress at Bhubaneswar. KN Ramchandran is General Secretary since the very inception of this party. Since 2009 three party congress (9th, 10 th, 11 th) held. The last Congress, 11th Congress held in Bangalore and KN Ramchandran again elected as GS of this party.

Role in Bhangor Movement

In West Bengal this party gained momentum in participation in Bhangor against an ongoing power station project.[4] Although many of its members were arrested including women-wing leader Sharmishtha Chowdhury the movement still continued.[5] Bhangor protesters led by Red Star leader Alik Chakraborty won five seats[6] in Polerhat-2 rural poll despite heavy obstacles from the ruling party including blocking nominations[7] and rigging.[8]

References
  1. Red Star. From the 8th Party Congress of the CPI(ML) in 1970 to 9th Congress in 2011 - an overview of developments
  2. The Hindu. CPI(ML) unity breaks down
  3. The Hindu. CPI(ML) Red Star to contest five LS seats in State
  4. Nagchoudhury, Subrata. "The little-known Red Star party is making its mark in Bengal with the Bhangar land stir". Scroll.in.
  5. "Bhangor clash: CPI(ML) Red Star member arrested". 26 January 2017.
  6. "Five 'WhatsApp candidates' win in Bengal panchayat elections - Times of India". The Times of India.
  7. "» Unprecedented move by the High Court: Bhangor candidates allowed to file nomination via WhatsApp".
  8. "Panchayat Poll Clashes in Bengal's Bhangar Kills Independent Candidate Supporter". News18.
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