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Lal Nishan Party

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Lal Nishan Party
Founded1965
DissolvedAugust 2017
Split fromCPI (1965)
Merged intoCPI (2018)
Succeeded byLNP(L) (1988)
HeadquartersNagpur, Maharashtra
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Political positionLeft-wing
Colours  Red

Lal Nishan Party (Red Flag Party, LNP) was a communist political party in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was founded in 1965.[1] The LNP's main work was trade union activism. The trade union of the party was called Sarva Shramik Sangh (SSS). The party publication was called Nave Parva. Earlier, SSS published a Marathi daily newspaper from Pune called Shramik Vichar. During the 1980s, the LNP developed a close cooperation with Kamgar Aghadi.[citation needed]

In 1988, a split occurred when a hardline section, critical of the Perestroika, broke away and formed the Lal Nishan Party (Leninvadi). The LNP participated in the Confederation of Indian Communists and Democratic Socialists.[2] In 2017 August, the LNP merged with the Communist Party of India.[3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Banerjee, Shoumojit (23 January 2018). "Veteran Communist leader Yashwant Chavan dies at 97". The Hindu.
  2. ^ Lal Nishan. Times of India. Accessed 5 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Lal Nishan Party to merge with CPI".
  4. ^ "Yahoo Search - Web Search".
  5. ^ "Lal Nishan Party to merge with CPI". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 10 August 2017.