18-523: Former parties Former parties Former parties Post-independence and Cold War Contemporary history The Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) or SUCI(C) is an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist communist party in India. The party was founded by Shibdas Ghosh , Nihar Mukherjee and others in 1948. SUCI(C) is a communist party in India, and follows a Marxist-Leninist ideological line formulated by Shibdas Ghosh. SUCI(C) holds that India
36-760: 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: 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. The central committee members of
54-460: 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
72-523: 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 Communist Party of India (Marxist) ), a national democratic revolution (like the Communist Party of India ) or a new democratic revolution (like the Naxalites ). SUCI(C) leadership emphasizes
90-580: Is a word which denotes a tactic used by labour activists and union leaders in India; it is similar to picketing . Usually, a group of people would surround a politician or a government building until their demands are met, or answers given. This principle was introduced as a formal means of protest in the labour sector by Subodh Banerjee , the PWD and Labor Minister in the 1967 and 1969 United Front Governments of West Bengal , respectively. Owing to its popularity,
108-538: Is the Proletarian Era , an English forthnighly published from Kolkata . The state committees of the party publishes: 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
126-626: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on an agreement that the alliance will maintain equidistance from the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party . The party won the Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency in the 2009 general elections with a majority of 53,676 votes. The Gherao principle was introduced as a formal mode of protest in the trade union sector by Subodh Banarjee , who
144-461: The 2004 Lok Sabha 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, Tarun Mandal , representing Jaynagar 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. SUCI(C) members live in communes wherein they lead
162-696: 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 Ramlila Maidan , New Delhi 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) [SUCI (C)] at
180-680: The party are: The incumbent central committee and politburo was elected in the 2nd party congress. Secretaries of the State Committees of the party are: Secretaries of the State Organising Committees are: The MP of the party is: The MLA of the party is: The former ministers of SUCI in West Bengal : The former MPs of the party were: The former MLAs of the party were: The principal mass organisations of SUCI(C) are: The central organ of SUCI(C)
198-480: The party is in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, in areas such as Jaynagar Majilpur where it controls certain municipalities. SUCI(C) is actively involved in the ongoing anti- Special Economic Zone movements in India. The most notable of these movements that the party is active in are: In 2008, the party had formed a temporary political front in West Bengal with All India Trinamool Congress to fight
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#1732773148541216-423: 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
234-460: The second party congress. From its inception, SUCI took part in parliamentary elections and was part of the United Front governments in West Bengal in 1967–1969 and 1969–1970 together with CPI(M) and others. The party had a Member of Parliament (MP) in the 4th Lok Sabha from Jaynagar . The SUCI had presence in the legislative assemblies of Assam , Bihar and Orissa at various times. In
252-596: The word “gherao” was added to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary in 2004. Page 598 has the entry: “Gherao: n (pl. gheraos). Indian; a protest in which workers prevent employers leaving a place of work until demands are met; Origin: From Hindi” and Subodh Banerjee was referred to as the Gherao minister . Gherao was being used by farmers against government buildings in the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest . This activism -related article
270-573: Was a central committee member of SUCI and the PWD and Labor Minister in the 1967 and 1969 United Front Governments in West Bengal , 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
288-549: Was attracted to Marxist ideologies at a very early age. In 1942 he joined the Quit India movement. He was later arrested and incarcerated for three years. There he thoroughly studied Marxism-Leninism . Later along with some colleagues such as Nihar Mukherjee he organised SUCI(C) in 1948. He died on his 53rd birthday in 1976. This article about a West Bengal politician is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gherao Gherao , meaning "encirclement",
306-459: 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". Shibdas Ghosh Post-independence and Cold War Contemporary history Shibdas Ghosh (5 August 1923 – 5 August 1976) was an Indian communist politician. He
324-597: Was involved in the Communist movement in India for several decades. He was also the founding general secretary of Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) . Ghosh was born in the Dhaka District of British India , to a lower-middle-class family. Passing 10th standard from his village school at the age of 13 he joined the Anushilan Samity to participate in the independence movement of India . He
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