Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) is a

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. It was founded in its inaugural conference held from 1–3 November 1980 at Shaheed Kartar Singh Saraba village in

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. DYFI identifies itself to be an independent organisation. Former

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chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee who was a former secretary of Bengal fraction, and a founder Central Committee member of DYFI,

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– the former chief minister of

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– was a vice president of the organisation, and

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legislative assembly was once former all-India president of DYFI. In 2021, M.B. Rajesh, a former all-India president of DYFI was elected as the Speaker of Kerala legislative assembly. As of 2012, DYFI had a membership of 2.2 million which rose from 1.4 million in 2011. The annual membership fee of DYFI is a meager Rs. 2 and is open to all youth between the age 15 and 40 irrespective of their political ideology.

Affiliations

DYFI is a member of World Federation of Democratic Youthbr>wfdy
The DYFI affiliate in

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is called Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Youth Federation. In

there is a separate body, affiliated to DYFI, called

Tribal Youth Federation Tribal Youth Federation (in Bengali ''Upajati Juba Federation'') is an organization affiliated to Democratic Youth Federation of India in Tripura. TYF organizes youth from the tribal populations of the state. TYF has a separate central committe ...

History

The organisation was formed on 3 November 1980 from its inaugural conference held at Saheed Kartar Singh Saraba Village,

from 31 October to 3 November. On 25 November 1994, five members of DYFI were killed after being shot by state police force during a protest against the commercialisation of higher education at Kuthuparamba in Kannur district,

, while one was paralysed.

Publications

At the national level, DYFI publishes the magazine ''Naujawan Drishti'' (Youth Stream). On the state level there are various publications, such as ''Jubashakti'' in

, ''Yuvadhara'' in Kerala, and ''Yuvasangharsh'' in Maharashtra.'Izhaingar Muzhakkam' in Tamil Nadu.

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* {{Authority control 1980 establishments in India Organizations established in 1980 Volunteer organisations in India

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