Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Kanu Sanyal)

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Founded	2003
Newspaper	Red Star (English)
Ideology	Marxism-Leninism
Website
cpiml.in
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Press conference ahead of the elections 2004

Trade union rally in Hyderabad

Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) is a communist party in India. The party is one of many working under the name of CPI(ML). The party general secretary was Kanu Sanyal. The name of the party is identical to the original Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) formed in 1969, of which Sanyal was also a key leader, but Sanyal has stated that his party is not the same as this party [1].

History

The present party was formed through a merger of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Unity Initiative and Sanyal's Communist Organization of India (Marxist–Leninist) in June 2003. The strength of the party is mainly concentrated to Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal.

The party central organ is Red Star.

In November 2003 Communist Party of Indian Union (Marxist–Leninist) merged with the party.

In the elections 2004 CPI(ML) launched five candidates to the Lok Sabha and one to the Andhra Pradesh assembly.

Results from the Lok Sabha elections:

• Parvathipuram, Andhra Pradesh: Uooyaka Mutyalu 13895 votes (2,1%)
• Jhargram, West Bengal: Leba Chand Tudu 9422 votes (1,18%)
• Ranchi, Jharkhand: Anjani Kumar Pandey 2044 votes (0,29%)
• Darjeeling, West Bengal: Raju Bhatta 11112 votes (1,25%)

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2004 the party and the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Flag had taken the initiative to form a united front of communist group. The two parties agreed to merge at a unity conference in late January 2005 [2].

Just ahead of the 2006 West Bengal legislative election two regional party leaders, Somnath Chatterjee (not to be confused with the Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee) from Ukhra and Pradip Banerjee from Kolkata, broke away from the party.^{[citation needed]}

Mass organisations

The Trade Union Centre of India, formerly the trade union wing of CPI(ML) Red Flag, is linked to the party.

In Andhra Pradesh the party works with mass organizations such as:

• Andhra Pradesh Federation of Trade Unions
• Raitu Coolie Sangham (Farmers Labourers Union)
• Progressive Democratic Students Organization
• Nava Yuva Samithi (New Youth Association)
• Sthree Vimukti Sanghatana (Women's Liberation Organization)

In Kerala, the party works through mass organizations such as Yuvajanavedi (youth) and Kerala Vidyarthi Sanghatan (students).

In northern West Bengal, the All West Bengal Tea Garden Labourers Union is an important mass organization.

External links

• CPI(ML) website
• CPI(ML) Kerala State Committee
• CPI(ML) blog