Mangat Ram Pasla is an Indian politician. He was a Central Committee member of the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

, but was expelled from the party in December 2001. He had previously been the Secretary of the

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State Committee of the party. Pasla was one of the most prominent leaders of CPI(M) in Doaba belt. He was also the General Secretary of the Punjab unit of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions. The expulsion of Pasla came a day after he had announced the holding of a parallel state conference of the CPI(M) in Punjab. Tensions between Pasla's group and followers of the CPI(M) general secretary

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had simmered in the Punjab unit of CPI(M) for some time. Pasla's group had accused the party of abandoning the 1964 party programme. On elections, Pasla argued in favour of maintaining the policy of equidistance to parties like the

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and the

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. After the expulsion from CPI(M), Pasla's group continued to work under the name " Communist Party Marxist (Punjab)". Pasla was the secretary of the committee. He was also the vice president of the Centre of Trade Unions (CTU), Punjab. Later when Communist Party Marxist(Punjab) and other small parties merged to and formed

Revolutionary Marxist Party of India The Revolutionary Marxist Party of India (RMPI) is a left-wing communist political party in India. The party is based on the Marxist ideology, but has small parts of Marxist-Leninism. The party is formed as the merger of Kerala-based Revolutio ...

. Pasla is currently the General Secretary of Revolutionary Marxist Party of India (RMPI).

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Video of 2007 interview with Pasla
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