Biplobi Bangla Congress

Biplobi Bangla Congress
Biplobi Bangla Congress
Founder	Sukumar Roy
Founded	1971
Split from	Bangla Congress
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Left Front
Colours	Red ; Blue
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Last updated October 23, 2024

Biplobi Bangla Congress (English: Revolutionary Bangla Congress; abbr.BBC) is a political party in West Bengal, India.^[1] The party emerged as a splinter group of the Bangla Congress party ahead of the 1971 West Bengal elections. It was founded by Sukumar Roy, a prominent member of Congress^{[ which? ]}. BBC is now the part of the Left Front.

History

The formation of BBC is an important part of the history of Politics of West Bengal. The Congress party^{[ which? ]} held state^{[ which? ]} power for the first two decades after partition, before trying out another grouping^{[ clarification needed ]} in 1967. At that time, the first United Front government came to power with Ajoy Mukherjee of the Bangla Congress (a Congress splinter group) as chief minister, Jyoti Basu as deputy chief minister and ministry of land and land revenue (reforms) as Hare Krishna Konar.

Thereafter followed four years of political instability due to the Naxalite rebellion and police counter-action, the Congress muscled its way back to power in the 1972 elections,^{[ citation needed ]} when even Jyoti Basu lost his assembly seat to a nonentity by 40,000 votes.

In 1977, the voters brought the Biplobi Bangla Congress and Left Front merged to power, with latter retaining the title and from since then they remained firm as the ruling party of West Bengal for 34 years.

Symbols

The flag adopted by the party is red & white (3:1 ratio) with Hammer & Plough symbol at the center.

Contested elections

BBC candidate Tushar Kanti Laya contested the Sabong seat in Midnapore for 2001 assembly elections of the state and won it. In the 2006 assembly elections of West Bengal, BBC again contested the Sabong seat with Tushar Kanti Laya as its candidate (on a Communist Party of India (Marxist) symbol). Laya got 62,079 votes (44.98%), but lost the seat to Congress candidate Dr. Manas Bhunia.^{[ citation needed ]}

Prominent members

Some prominent leaders of Biplobi Bangla Congress are Nirmalendu Bhattacharya, Gouranga Samanta, Ashis Chowdhury, Sunil Chowdhury, Deepak Senroy (SUBRATA ROY). Gouranga Samanta was elected as MLA two times from Dabang, Medinipur. Other MLAs were Dr Makhan Lal Bangal, Tushar Laya. Dr. Umesh Chaudhary & Reeta Chowdhury were Councillor in KMC (Kolkata Municipal Corporation) at different times.

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[Reynolds-1] Reynolds, Nathalène (2020). "The CPI(M), heir to the Indian Communist movement?". Mid-Life Crisis or Terminal Decline?. Sustainable Development Policy Institute: 48–63. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

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