Revolutionary Communist Party of India

Revolutionary Communist Party of India
AbbreviationRCPI
SecretaryBiren Deka[1]
FounderSaumyendranath Tagore[2]
Founded1 August 1934; 90 years ago (1 August 1934)
HeadquartersKolkata[1]
NewspaperGanavani
Toilers' Front
Red Front
Student wingProgressive Students' Federation of India
Assam Provincial Students' Federation
Youth wingProgressive Youth Federation of India
IdeologyCommunism
Anti-capitalism
Anti-Stalinism[3]
ColoursRed
AllianceLeft Front
Left Democratic Manch
Website
www.rcpi-communist.in

The Revolutionary Communist Party of India (abbreviated as RCPI) is a political party in India. The party was founded as the Communist League by Saumyendranath Tagore in 1934, breaking away from the Communist Party of India (CPI). RCPI led armed uprisings after the independence of India, but later shifted to parliamentary politics. The party is active in Assam, Kerala, West Bengal, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.[4] The party was represented in the West Bengal while being a part of Second United Front Cabinet (1969) as well as in various state government during the Left Front rule in the state (1977–2011). In Assam, the party won four Legislative Assembly seats in 1978, but its political influence has since declined in the state.

  1. ^ a b "Contact Us".
  2. ^ Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical dictionary) Vol I, 1976/1998, (in Bengali), p. 607, ISBN 81-85626-65-0
  3. ^ "The Defeat of the Left Front and the Search for Alternative Leftism - Radical Socialist".
  4. ^ https://www.rcpi-communist.in/p/contact-us.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)