| Communist Party of East Bengal | |
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| পূর্ব বাংলার কমিউনিস্ট পার্টি | |
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| Also known as | PBCP |
| Founder | Abdul Matin-Alauddin Ahmed |
| Leaders | Tipu Biswas, Islam Sabuj and others |
| Dates of operation | 1968-Present |
| Ideology | Communism Maoism[1] |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Status | Active, split into various hostile factions. |
| Opponents | |
| Battles and wars | Bangladesh Liberation War, Maoist insurgency in Bangladesh, Naxalite–Maoist insurgency |
The Purbo Banglar Communist Party (Bengali: পূর্ব বাংলার কমিউনিস্ট পার্টি, lit. 'Communist Party of East Bengal', abbreviated: PBCP) is an outlawed communist party in Bangladesh. The PBCP formed in 1968 following a split in the Bangladesh Communist Party. It is mainly active in the areas of Khulna and Jessore in the south west of Bangladesh near the border of the Indian state of West Bengal where CPI-Maoist Naxalite insurgents have been active in an ongoing civil war against the Indian state.[3] The PBCP suffers from violent rivalry both internally and externally with different party factions and rival splinter groups. The PBCP was criticized by Siraj Sikder, the founder of the Purbo Bangla Sarbohara Party, as being a neo-revisionist and a party that is "left in form but right in essence".[4]
- ^ "Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP)". www.satp.org.
- ^ "Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB), South Asia Terrorism Portal". www.satp.org. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP), South Asia Terrorism Portal". www.satp.org. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
- ^ Sikder, Siraj. "Exposure of the draft strategy and program of the so called East Bengal Communist party" (PDF). bannedthought.net. Retrieved 2016-02-04.