Left Front

Left Front

The Left Front (Bengali: বাম ফ্রন্ট "Bam Frônṭ") is an alliance of Indian leftist parties. In West Bengal and Tripura there are state-level committees of the Left Front. Currently Left Front governments rule both states.

In West Bengal the following parties are part of the Left Front
*Communist Party of India (Marxist)
*Communist Party of India
*Revolutionary Socialist Party
*All India Forward Bloc
*Revolutionary Communist Party of India
*Marxist Forward Bloc
*West Bengal Socialist Party
*Democratic Socialist Party
*Biplobi Bangla Congress

Communist Revolutionary League of India was a member of the Bengali LF between 1995 and 2000.

The convenor of the West Bengal Left Front committee is Biman Bose, politburo member of CPI(M).

In Tripura, CPI(M), CPI, RSP and AIFB are members of Left Front.

In Kerala, a formation of left parties led by the CPI(M) called the Left Democratic Front is the governing group in the Kerala State Assembly. In Tamil Nadu, left parties form part of the Democratic Progressive Alliance along with the regionalist DMK.

In Maharashtra, parties such as the Peasants and Workers Party of India, Kamgar Aghadi and Shetkari Sangh are the allies of the Left Front.

External links

* [http://www.cpindia.org/ Website of Communist Party of India]
* [http://www.cpim.org/ Website of Communist Party of India (Marxist)]

References


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