Left Front

Left Front is an alliance of Indian leftist parties. In West Bengal and Tripura there are state-level committees of the Left Front. Left Front governments rule both states.

Related Topics:
West Bengal - Tripura

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In West Bengal the following parties are part of the Left Front

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• 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.

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

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

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In Kerala a formation of progressive parties led by the CPI(M) is all set to win power in the state assembly elections. It has ruled Kerala several times in the past. This formation is called the Left Democratic Front.

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In Tamil Nadu left parties form part of the Progressive Democratic Front along with the regionalist DMK.

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In Maharashtra, parties such as the People's Workers' Party and Kamgar Agadi Sena, Shetkari Sangh are the allies of the Left Front

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