- Forward Bloc (Socialist)
Forward Bloc (Socialist), a break-away group from the
All India Forward Bloc . FB(S) existed around1996 -1998 . The party was primarily based in northernWest Bengal .In the
Lok Sabha elections1996 FB(S) had launched two candidates fromWest Bengal . Hiten Barman fromCooch Behar got 145 078 votes (15,56%) and Mihir Kumar Roy got 27 607 votes (3,09%) inJalpaiguri . In the state Legislative Assembly election inWest Bengal 1996 , FB(S) had launched 20 candidates, who together got 123 316 votes. One candidate got elected,Kamal Guha from Dinhata (70 531 votes, 49,58%).In the
Lok Sabha elections1998 FB(S) was with theIndian National Congress . The party launched one candidate inCooch Behar , northWest Bengal , supported by Congress. The candidate, Gobinda Roy, came second with 272 974 votes (30,16%). Later FB(S) and AIFB were reunited.Today Kamal Guha is the Agriculture minister of
West Bengal and state president of AIFB.
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