Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
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Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) is a communist party in India. The party was founded on 19 March 1940 by Tridib Chaudhuri and has its roots in the Bengali liberation movement Anushilan Samiti and the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army.[4]
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Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
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General Secretary | Manoj Bhattacharya[1] |
Founder | Tridib Chaudhuri |
Founded | 19 March 1940 (84 years ago) (1940-03-19) |
Headquarters | 17, Firoz Shah Road, New Delhi – 110001 28°37′20.5″N 77°13′27.9″E |
Student wing | All India Progressive Students' Union |
Youth wing | Revolutionary Youth Front |
Women's wing | All India United Mahila Sangh |
Labour wing | United Trade Union Congress |
Peasant's wing | Samyukta Kisan Sabha |
Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism[2] Revolutionary socialism |
Political position | Far-left |
Colours | Red |
ECI Status | State Party[3] |
Alliance | Left Front (West Bengal) Left Front (Tripura) United Democratic Front (2014–present) (Kerala) |
Seats in Lok Sabha | 1 / 543 |
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The party got around 0.4% of the votes and three seats in the Lok Sabha elections in 1999 and 2004. It is part of the Left Front (West Bengal), Left Front (Tripura) and Congress-led United Democratic Front (Kerala).[5]