All India Forward Bloc | |
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| Abbreviation | AIFB |
| Chairman | Naren Chatterjee[1] |
| General Secretary | G. Devarajan[2] |
| Founder | Subhas Chandra Bose |
| Founded | 22 June 1939[3] |
| Split from | Indian National Congress |
| Headquarters | Netaji Bhavan, T-2235/2, Ashok Nagar, Faiz Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi, India-110005[4] |
| Newspaper | Towards Socialism Jangarjan Lokmat |
| Student wing | All India Students Bloc |
| Youth wing | All India Youth League |
| Women's wing | All India Agragami Mahila Samiti |
| Labour wing | Trade Union Coordination Centre |
| Peasant's wing | All India Agragami Kisan Sabha |
| Ideology | Socialism Marxism[5] Left-wing nationalism |
| Political position | Left-wing[6] |
| Colours | Red |
| ECI Status | State party (West Bengal) |
| Alliance | I.N.D.I.A. (All India) Left Front (West Bengal) Left Front (Tripura) DMK-led Alliance (Tamil Nadu) UDF (Kerala) |
| Seats in West Bengal Legislative Assembly | 0 / 294 |
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The All India Forward Bloc (abbr. AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party after the independence of India. During the 1951–1952 and 1957 Indian general election, the party was known as Forward Bloc (Marxist). It has its main stronghold in West Bengal. The party's current Secretary-General is G. Devarajan. Veteran Indian politicians Sarat Chandra Bose (brother of Subhas Chandra Bose) and Chitta Basu had been the stalwarts of the party in independent India.
Leveraging Netaji's sway over the populace, the organization had established its electoral footprint after Independence in states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Assam, with West Bengal as its primary bastion. However, after eight decades, the party, now confined to select regions, lacks any Members of Parliament or Legislative Assembly representatives.[7]
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- ^ সংবাদদাতা, নিজস্ব. "Forward Bloc | দেবরাজন সাধারণ সম্পাদক, ফ ব-র চেয়ারম্যান নরেন". www.anandabazar.com. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "'ഇടതുപാർട്ടികൾ ഒരു പ്ലാറ്റ്ഫോമിൽ വരേണ്ടത് ആവശ്യം; ഐക്യപ്പെട്ടാൽ എല്ലാർക്കും ഗുണംചെയ്യും'". Mathrubhumi. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ The Calcutta Historical Journal. Vol. 3. University of Calcutta. 1978. p. 59.
- ^ Administrator, Rajat Kumar Das, Web. "Forward Bloc".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Party constitution". India: All India Forward Bloc. 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ Gould, Harold (20 May 2019). India Votes Alliance Politics And Minority Governments In The Ninth And Tenth General Elections. Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9780429722776. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Netaji's Forward Bloc struggles to stay afloat amid financial woes, dip in vote share". The Indian Express. 23 January 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2024.