All India Forward Bloc (Subhasist), an

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n political party. AIFB(S) is a splinter group of

All India Forward Bloc The All India Forward Bloc ( 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 a ...

. AIFB(S) is mainly concentrated in West Bengal,

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and

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. The party was founded in 1963 by Sasivarna Thevar, after a

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led Thevar to try to take control of the All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) party in

. When he failed, he quit to launch the Subhasist Forward Bloc party, a splinter group of the AIFB.Bose, K., ''Forward Bloc'', Madras: Tamil Nadu Academy of Political Science, 1988. The party is mainly concentrated in the states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and

. The Previous general secretary of the party was Late K. Kandasamy. Now Mr. Aveek Roy is National General Secretary. In the 2003 by-elections in Tamil Nadu, AIFB(S) supported

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(AIADMK).

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