Lal Nishan Party (Leninvadi) (Red Flag Party (Leninist)) is a communist

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. LNP(L) was formed a splinter group of

Lal Nishan Party Lal Nishan Party (Red Flag Party, LNP) was a communist political party in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was founded in 1965. The LNP's main work was trade union activism. The trade union of the party was called Sarva Shramik Sangh (SSS). T ...

in 1988. LNP(L) was critical to that LNP had gotten closer to the

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. • LNP(L) is mainly concentrated to trade union activism. The trade union organization of the party is called Sarva Shramik Sanghathan. The strongest base of LNP(L) is in

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. In general, LNP(L) does not contest elections in the current years. Its President was Madhukar Katre. • LNP(L) has maintained good relation with some ML Fraction groups specially with

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. H ...

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. • The party was led by Ashok Manohar until his death in 2003. After the dead of Ashok Manohar the party is led by Bhimrao Bansod. • Ahead of the

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elections 2004 LNP(L) supported the candidates of

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Flag Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. H ...

. • LNP(L) published ''Leninwadi Lalnishan'' monthly paper from

the city of '

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