Revolutionary Youth Association (RYA) is the youth wing of

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 ...

). RYA is one of the biggest left wing youth association in India. RYA is biggest left wing youth association in the Indian state like

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, etc. The RYA was established on 23 March 1995. Sixth National Conference was held in

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on 15–16 December 2018. The Conference elected Manoj Manzil as National President and Niraj Kumar as General Secretary along with a national council of 75 members and 9 Central committee members. The RYA states that it supports universal dignified employment, equitable education, civil liberties, freedom and equality for women,

social justice Social justice is justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. In Western and Asian cultures, the concept of social justice has often referred to the process of ensuring that individuals fu ...

and secularism. It also says that it supports democratic values and the role of science. The RYA also states that it favors establishing ties with other left wing youth groups, especially in

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. The RYA states that it opposes

fascism Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultra-nationalist political ideology and movement,: "extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and political and cultural liberalism, a belief in natural social hierarchy an ...

, Dictatorism , anarchism, statism, criminal and NGO trends, as well as attempts to divide Indian youth on

caste Caste is a form of social stratification characterised by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a style of life which often includes an occupation, ritual status in a hierarchy, and customary social interaction and exclusion based on cultura ...

, class, religious and ethnic divides.

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