Awami Front (Popular Front), was a front of six
Muslim
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political parties
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in
Uttar Pradesh
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,
India
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. AF was formed ahead of the 2002 state assembly elections.
The initiative of formation the front was taken by Indian Muslim Political Conference (which would later form the
Parcham Party of India). The five other constituents were
Indian National League
Indian National League (abbreviated as the I. N. L.) is an Indian political party formed in 1994 under the leadership of the then Indian Union Muslim League leader Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait. The party is currently a member of the Communist Party o ...
,
National Loktantrik Party
The National Loktantrik Party (National Democratic Party), is a defunct political party in India. It was working amongst the Muslim minority community since its foundation on 15 December 1995 by Dr. Masood Ahmad. Party had an MP in Lok Sabha nam ...
,
All India Muslim Forum
All India Muslim Forum is a Muslim political party in India.
It is a Registered Unrecognised Party by the Election Commission of India.
The forum has collaboration with Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation.
The President i ...
,
Muslim Majlis and
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.
Alhaj Sheikh, the president of Momin Conference, was elected chairman of AF.
NLP and Muslim Majlis later disengaged from the front, and by the time of the
2004 Lok Sabha elections it was largely defunct.
Defunct political parties in Uttar Pradesh
2002 establishments in Uttar Pradesh
Political parties established in 2002
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