- Kamtapur People's Party
Kamtapur Peoples Party, is a
political party working in the northern parts of theIndia n state ofWest Bengal . KPP was founded in January1996 by Atul Roy. KPP works amongst the Rajbanshi population. KPP demands the set-up of a separateKamtapur state and recognition of the dialect of the Rajbanshis/Rajbongshi/Kamatapuri as a separate language.Kamatapur is the old Koch-Kingdom ruled by the Great Koch-Rajbongshi Kings and Prince, which includes the part of entire North-Bengal most of the parts of Assam, adjoining areas of bihar , Nepal, Bhutan and present Rongpur of Bangladesh.The student wing of KPP is the All Kamtapur Students Union. The women's wing is called Kamtapur Women's Rights Forum.Ahead of the
2001 West Bengal assembly elections KPP joined theAll India Trinamool Congress -ledBangla Bachao Front .In spring
2003 KPP suffered an internal division. Atul Roy, considered as a moderate, was dethroned and replaced by a more hardline leadership. The present president of KPP is Nikhil Roy and the general secretary is Subhas Burman. Atul Roy remains a member of the central committee.KPP is a democratic organisation formed under the sole descriation of the Indian Constitution and for developing the Koch-Rajbongsh community.Ahead of the
2004 Lok Sabha elections KPP formed a front together withJharkhand Mukti Morcha .
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