Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
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| General Secretary | Manoj Bhattacharya[1] |
| Founder | Tridib Chaudhuri |
| Founded | 19 March 1940 |
| Headquarters | 17, Firoz Shah Road, New Delhi – 110001 28°37′20.5″N 77°13′27.9″E / 28.622361°N 77.224417°E |
| Student wing | Progressive Students Union |
| Youth wing | Revolutionary Youth Front |
| Women's wing | All India United Mahila Sangh |
| Labour wing | United Trade Union Congress |
| Peasant's wing | Samyukta Kisan Sabha |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism[2] |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colours | Red |
| ECI Status | State Party[3] |
| Alliance | Left Front (West Bengal) Secular Democratic Alliance (West Bengal) Left Front (Tripura) UDF (2014–present) (Kerala) MPSA (Manipur) INDIA (National level) |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 1 / 543 |
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The Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) is a communist party in India. The party was founded on 19 March 1940 by Tridib Chaudhuri and has its roots in the Bengali liberation movement Anushilan Samiti and the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army.[4]
The party got around 0.4% of the votes and three seats in the Lok Sabha elections in 1999 and 2004. It is part of the Left Front (West Bengal), Left Front (Tripura) and Congress-led United Democratic Front (Kerala).[5]
- ^ "Indian citizenship act against humanity: Manoj Bhattacharya". prothomalo.com. March 2020.
- ^ Bidyut Chakrabarty (2014). Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies. Oxford University Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-19-997489-4.
- ^ "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "Origins of the RSP". marxists.org.
- ^ "Origins of the Revolutionary Socialist Party". Retrieved 28 March 2024.