Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) is a communist party in

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. The party is one of many working under the name of CPI(ML). The party general secretary was

Kanu Sanyal Kanu Sanyal (1932 – 23 March 2010) was an Indian communist politician. In 1967, he was one of the main leaders of the Naxalbari uprising and in 1969 he was one of the founding leaders of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) ( CP ...

. The name of the party is identical to the original CPI(ML) formed in 1969, of which Sanyal was also a key leader, but Sanyal has stated that his party is not the same as this part

History

The present party was formed through a merger of Sanyal's Communist Organization of India (Marxist–Leninist) and

Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Unity Initiative Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Unity Initiative was a communist party in India. It was led by Viswam. The CPI (ML) Unity Initiative joined the ''Six Party Forum'', a joint body of Communist Revolutionary organisations formed in 19 ...

in June 2003. In November 2003 Communist Party of Indian Union (Marxist–Leninist) merged with the party. The strength of the party is mainly concentrated to

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Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, 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

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

. The party central organ is Class Struggle. In the elections 2004 CPI (ML) launched five candidates to the

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and one to the

assembly. Results from the Lok Sabha elections: * Parvathipuram,

: Uooyaka Mutyalu 13895 votes (2.1%) *

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: Leba Chand Tudu 9422 votes (1,18%) *

Ranchi Ranchi (; ) is the capital city and also the largest district by population of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern ...

: Anjani Kumar Pandey 2044 votes (0,29%) *

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: Raju Bhatta 11112 votes (1,25%) Ahead of the

elections 2004 the party and the

Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Flag Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Flag (CPI(ML) Red Flag) was a political party in India 1988-2005. The party emerged in 1988, following a split in the K. Venu (Kerala), K. Venu-led Central Reorganisation Committee, CPI(ML) i ...

had taken the initiative to form a united front of communist group. The two parties agreed to merge at a unity conference in late January 2005. Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red flag split before the merger and one section of that party merge with CPI (ML). Just ahead of the 2006 West Bengal legislative election two regional party leaders, Somnath Chatterjee (not to be confused with the Lok Sabha speaker

Somnath Chatterjee Somnath Chatterjee (25 July 1929 – 13 August 2018) was an Indian politician who was associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for most of his life, though he had been a non affiliated independent during his last decade. He was t ...

) from Ukhra and Pradip Banerjee from

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, broke away from the party. In 2009 January CPI (ML) Red flag faction split from the CPI (ML) and formed its own group. 2010 March 23 Kanu Sanyal expired and Viswam was elected as General Secretary of CPI (ML). In 2011, All India convention of Trade Unions called at Visakapattanam and formed All India Federation of Trade Unions (New).(AIFTU-New). In 2011, All India convention Peasants called at Sreekakulam and formed All India Khet Mazdoor Kisan Saba.(AIKMKS). In 2013, CPI (ML) and CPI (ML) Jansakthi merged and elected Viswam as General Secretary. ''Class Struggle'' is CC CPI (ML) organ in English.

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Class Struggle In political science, the term class conflict, class struggle, or class war refers to the economic antagonism and political tension that exist among social classes because of clashing interests, competition for limited resources, and inequali ...

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