The Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) or SUCI(C), previously called the Socialist Unity Centre of India and "Socialist Unity Centre", is an

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in India. The party was founded by

Shibdas Ghosh Shibdas Ghosh (5 August 1923 – 5 August 1976) was an Indian communist politician. He was involved in the Communist movement in India for several decades. He was also the founding general secretary of Socialist Unity Centre of India ( ...

, Nihar Mukherjee and others in 1948.

Ideology

SUCI(C) is a communist party in India, and follows a Marxist-Leninist ideological line formulated by Shibdas Ghosh. The party rejects political ideas such as ''

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'' and ''

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'' as revisionist, and claims to uphold the original intent of

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, and the thoughts of Ghosh.A brief introduction to the Socialist Unity Centre of India
/ref> SUCI(C) holds that India is a capitalist country with monopoly capitalism and imperialist trends. In line with that analysis, the party works toward a socialist revolution, rather than a people's democratic revolution (like the

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), a national democratic revolution (like the

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) or a new democratic revolution (like the Naxalites). SUCI(C) leadership emphasizes the qualitative upliftment of party cadres, workers of mass-organisations and supporters, by both theoretical study of Marxism-Leninism-Shibdas Ghosh Thought and the practical application of such knowledge in the day-to-day life of party workers. In various publications of the party, SUCI upholds the proletarian cultural standard, which, according to the leadership, should be achieved by the cadres, before they can lead the masses in the Socialist Revolution. The 1st SUCI Party Congress was held in Kolkata in 1988. The 2nd party congress was held from 11 to 17 November 2009 in

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attended by thousands of participants from 22 states and observers from several foreign countries. The current political line of the party was formulated in the 2nd party congress. The party's name was changed from Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) to Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) UCI (C)at the second party congress.

Parliamentary politics

From its inception, SUCI took part in parliamentary elections and was part of the

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governments in

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

in 1967–1969 and 1969–1970 together with CPI(M) and others. The party had a Member of Parliament (MP) in the

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from

Jaynagar Jaynagar Majilpur () is a town and a municipality of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated in the southern suburbs of Kolkata. As an urban setup in the vicinity of Kolkata, the town is within the a ...

. The SUCI had presence in the legislative assemblies of

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, Bihar and

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at various times. In the 2004

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elections SUCI launched 56 candidates, 30 of them from West Bengal. In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections SUCI declared 40 candidates from 12 states. Until 2014,

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, representing

in West Bengal, was party's sole and last MP. After 2014 Lok Sabha and 2016 Vidhan Sabha elections, it has no MP or MLA in India.

Current situation

Around 45 SUCI(C) members live in communes wherein they lead a simple life style. Day-to-day upkeep of the commune and the well being of the children of party members living in the communes are taken care by the shared efforts of party members. Major income of the party is from box collection in the streets and house to house collection; members who are employed hand in their salaries to the party. The party contests elections with the money collected through this transparent fund raising method. The stronghold of the party is in the

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district of West Bengal, in areas such as Jaynagar Majilpur where it controls certain municipalities. SUCI(C) is actively involved in the ongoing anti-

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movements in India. The most notable of these movements that the party is active in are: *The Singur movement against the SEZ for the

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's car factory. *The

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movement against the SEZ for the Salim Group's

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.Extend support to Nandigram people: SUCI
/ref>
/ref>Cancel SEZs in Bengal, Buddha urged
/ref> SUCI(C) is one of the main backers of the

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. *The Moolampally (

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, Kerala) land evictees agitation for an appropriate rehabilitation package. The general convener of the Moolampally agitation is Francis Kalathunkal, the local secretary of SUCI(C). *The party is also actively involved in the agitation of landless in

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(

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, Kerala) called ''Chengara Samaram'' in popular media. *The anti-Posco movement in Orissa. In 2008, the party had formed a temporary political front in

with

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to fight the

on an agreement that the alliance will maintain equidistance from the

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and the

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. The party won the Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency in the 2009 general elections with a majority of 53,676 votes.

Campaigns

The

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principle was introduced as a formal mode of protest in the trade union sector by Subodh Banarjee, who was a central committee member of SUCI and the PWD and Labor Minister in the 1967 and 1969 United Front Governments in

, respectively. One of the major campaigns of the party in West Bengal has been its agitations against the educational policy of the Left Front state government. The decision of the Left Front government to remove the English language from primary education sparked a mass movement led by the SUCI for the reinstatement of English. Below is a chronological list of campaigns organised by the SUCI(C) in West Bengal: *1953: Tram fare protest movement was organised by the SUCI. *1954: In 1954, the SUCI organised the teachers' movement. *1956: Banga bihar sanjukti birodhi andolan. *1958: Students' movement was organised by the party. *1959: The SUCI organised food movement. *1967: Another food movement was led by the party. *1979: The SUCI organised a movement against various decisions taken by the

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. *1980: The SUCI organised ''Bhasha andolan'' against the

Government of West Bengal The Government of West Bengal also known as the West Bengal Government, is the subnational government of the Indian state of West Bengal , created by the National Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority. The ...

which continues till now. *1983: A movement was led by the party against bus fare hike. *1988: First Party Congress in Kolkata (24–29 March) *1990: Another movement was organised by the 13 Left Parties OI(ML), CPI(ML)ND and othersalong with SUCI against the Government of West Bengal for bus fare hike and a ''Bangla bandh'' in September to protest against the death of Madhai Halder, a party supporter killed in police firing at the

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on 31 August 1990. This was the first ''bandh''. *1991: A protest was led by the organisation against electricity price hike. *1991: The SUCI organised a movement against the state education policy. *1998: ''Bangla bandh'' on 3 February in order to bring back English at the primary education. This was the second ''bandh''. *2000: The SUCI organised a protest movement demanding English as a compulsory subject at primary education. *2002: A protest was organised against the decision of the Government of West Bengal to increase hospital fee and the increase in electricity charges by the

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and

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. This was the third ''bandh''. *2006-ongoing: The Anti SEZ movements in Singur and

. *2008: 21 12 April-hour statewide shutdown in West Bengal jointly called by the Trinamool Congress and SUCI. *2011: The movement against anti eviction drive at Ranchi, Jharkhand. Forming a public Committee "BASTI BACHAO SANGRASH SAMITI". Lakhs of people protested against government forceful campaign.

Leadership

Provash Ghosh is the current leader of the party. He was elected as the General Secretary of the party by the central committee on 4 March 2010. After Shibdas Ghosh's death in 1976, Nihar Mukherjee, a co-founder of SUCI, became the General Secretary. Mukherjee died of cardiac arrest on 18 February 2010 at Kolkata.''SUCI General Secretary Nihar Mukherjee demised, Malayala Manorama, 20 February 2010, Page 9'' The central committee members of the party are: * Provash Ghosh (General Secretary & Politburo member) *Manik Mukherjee (Politburo member) *Asit Bhattacharya (Politburo member) *Ranjit Dhar (Politburo member) *Yakub Pailan (died on 14 June 2014) *Debaprasad Sarkar *Kalyan Chowdhury *C.K Lukose (Politburo member; died on 13 Feb 2019) *K. Radhakrishna *Gopal Kundu *Soumen Bose *Satyawan *Sankar Saha *Chhaya Mukherjee The incumbent central committee and politburo was elected in the 2nd party congress. Secretaries of the State Committees of the party are: *

: Chandralekha Das *

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: Shiv Shankar *

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: Satyawan *

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: K. Uma *

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: V Venugopal (Kerala State Committee) *

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: Pratap Samal *

: Durjati Das *

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: V.N. Singh *

: Chandidas Bhattacharya Secretaries of the State Organising Committees are: *

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: Pran Kumar Sharma *

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: B.S.Amarnath *

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: Rengasamy *

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: Ch.Murahari *

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: Dwarika Nath Rath *

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: *

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: Aminder Pal Singh (Incharge)PE11012009.p5
/ref> *

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

: Robin Samajpati *

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: Arun Bhowmik The MP of the party is: * Dr. Tarun Mandal:

Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency) Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 Parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Jaynagar in West Bengal. All the seven legislative assembly segments of No. 19 Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency are in South 24 ...

, (2009–2014) West BengalCNN-IBN Website
/ref> The MLA of the party is: *Dr. Tarun Kanti Naskar :

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,(2011–2016)

Former Legislators of SUCI(C)

The former ministers of SUCI in

: * Subodh Banarjee: PWD Minister 1967

Government, Labour Minister 1969

Government * Protiva Mukherjee: PWD Minister 1969

Government The former MPs of the party were: * Chitta Roy:

– The First MP of SUCI(C) * Dr. Tarun Mandal:

The former MLAs of the party were: * Subodh Banarjee:

constituency,

– The First MLA of SUCI(C) * Debaprasad Sarkar:

constituency,

* Dr. Tarun Kanti Naskar:

constituency,

* Probodh Purkait:

Kultali Kultali is a village within the jurisdiction of the Kultali police station in the Kultali CD block in the Baruipur subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Area overview Baruipur subdivisi ...

constituency,

* Renupada Halder: Mathurapur constituency,

* Rabin Mondal: Patharpratima constituency,

* Haripada Bauri: Raghunathpur constituency,

* Protiva Mukherjee: Suri constituency,

* Bazle Ahmad:

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constituency,

* Sambhunath Naik:

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constituency,

*Nalini Ranjan Singh:Kanti:

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constituency,

Mass organisations

The principal mass organisations of SUCI(C) are: * All India United Trade Union Centre * All India Democratic Students Organisation *

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All India Mahila Sanskritik Sanghathan All India Mahila Samskritik Sanghatan (AIMSS) is the women's wing of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist). AIMSS is active in 19 States. All India President and General Secretary is Keya De and Chabi Mohanty. See also * Krantik ...

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Publications

The central organ of SUCI(C) is the '' Proletarian Era'', an English forthnighly published from

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

. The state committees of the party publishes: *''Ganadabi'' (

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weekly, published from Kolkata) *''Unity'' (

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

monthly, published from

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

) *''Ganamukti'' ( Assamese fortnightly, published from

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) *''Karmika Drushtikona'' (

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monthly, published from

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

) *''Pattali Chinthanai'' (

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monthly, published from

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

) *''Sarbahara Kranti'' ( Oriya monthly, published from

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) *''Sarvahara Dristhikon'' (

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forthnighly, published from

) *''Socialist Viplavam'' (

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monthly, published from

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

) *''Morcha'' (

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
''

)

Criticism

They are often criticized by the other Left parties for supporting a nondemocratic anti-communist party like TMC, to defeat the Left Government. After breaking the alliance with TMC, Provash Ghosh said in a press statement, "The CPI(M) government had turned 'anti-people' therefore it was extremely important to end their 34-year tenure in the state", he also added, "Our main target of dislodging the CPI(M) government has been achieved, and we are no longer an ally of TMC. We are ready to sit in opposition".

References

External links

*
Marxists Internet Archive: Shibdas Ghosh
' — Marxists Internet Archive *

' — a SUCI publication {{Authority control 1948 establishments in India Political parties established in 1948 Anti-revisionist organizations Stalinist parties Communist parties in India