R. P. Saraf, full name Ram Piara Saraf, (1924 – 24 June 2009) was a

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i politician. In 1952, Saraf was elected to the

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from the Kadal constituency. He was a member of the

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for ten years. In 1958, he co founded the

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. Saraf was a leader in the early years of

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. In

the entire

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(CPI(M)) organization had gone with

(CPI(ML)). At the CPI(ML) party congress in 1970 Saraf was elected to the Central Committee. The formerly CPI(M) local organ ''Jammu Sandesh'' became the regional CPI(ML) publication. In 1986, Saraf founded his own splinter group, the Internationalist Democratic Party. Two former Members of the Legislative Assembly of

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, Kristhan Dev Sethi and Abdul Kabir Wani, joined Saraf's group. At the end of December 2002 the Nature-Human Centric Peoples Movement (NHCPM) was formed under his guidance."Works of R.P.Saraf," Vol. 1 : A Collection of his writings from Nature-Human Centric Viewpoint (November 2002 - June 2009), Published by Nature-Human Centric Peoples Movement, India
"Foreword," page. iii

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saraf, R. P. 1924 births 2009 deaths Indian communists Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 1957–1962