Indian Secular Front

Indian Secular Front
Abbreviation	ISF
President	Simul Soren
Chairman	Naushad Siddiqui
Founder	Abbas Siddiqui
Founded	21 January 2021(4 years ago) (2021-01-21)
Headquarters	Furfura Sharif, Hooghly, West Bengal
Ideology	Bengali nationalism Secularism Economic nationalism
Political position	Centre to Centre Left
ECI Status	Unrecognised
Seats in  Lok Sabha	0 / 543
Seats in  Rajya Sabha	0 / 245
Seats in  West Bengal Legislative Assembly	1 / 294
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Indian Secular Front (ISF) ^{[1] [2] [3]} , registered as All India Secular Front, ^[4] is a political party in India. The party was founded by Pirzada Abbas Siddiqui, a Islamic scholar and cleric of Furfura Sharif, in 2021. Currently allied with Sanjukta Morcha, the party is chaired by Pirzada Nawsad Siddiqui and has its headquarters located at Furfura Sharif in Hooghly district. ^[5]

History

This party was formed ahead of the West Bengal Assembly election of 2021 ^[6] and joined the Sanjukta Morcha, ^[7] led by the Left Front and the Indian National Congress ^[7] against the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party. ^[8] The party contested the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election in 38 seats and won in 1 seat. ^[9] The party fought the election under the borrowed symbol of Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party, a Bihar-based political party. After the election, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the head of West Bengal Congress, declared an end to the alliance with Indian Secular Front. ^[10]

Electoral performance

For the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, the ISF allied with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Indian National Congress in an alliance named Sanjukta Morcha. Nawsad Siddique is the only MLA from the party.

Election Year	Leader	Poll alliance	seats contested	seats won	+/- in seats	Overall votes	% of overall votes	+/- in vote share	Sitting side
Lok sabha
2024	Nawsad Siddique	-	17	0		650229
West Bengal Legislative Assembly
2021	Nawsad Siddique	SM	32	1	1	813,489	1.35%		Opposition
2026

Criminal controversies

Prior to the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, bombs and guns were recovered by the police from the residence of Ziarul Mollah, a party worker. ^[11]

See also

• List of political parties in India

References

1. "ISF MLA Naushad Siddiqui gets bail after protest against Sirajuddin Waqf Board in Kolkata". The Indian Express. 22 January 2023.
2. "ISF MLA Naushad Siddique gets bail a day after arrest over protest against Sir in Kolkata". The Hindu. 22 January 2023.
3. "Lone ISF MLA, 94 others granted bail by Kolkata court in Waqf protest case". NDTV. 22 January 2023.
4. "Contribution Report and Audit for the year 2021–2022 – All India Secular Front" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
5. "Want To Be Kingmaker": Muslim Preacher Announces Party For Bengal Polls". 21 January 2021.
6. Wire.in, The (28 February 2021). "Bengal: As Left and Congress Ally With Muslim Cleric's Party, Will BJP Be the Winner?".
7. India, Outlook (28 February 2021). "With Brigade Rally, Left-Congress-ISF's 'Sanyukta Morcha' Kicks Of Bengal Poll Campaign". Outlook.India.
8. "West Bengal: In Left-Congress Brigade Ground Rally, ISF Emerged as the Biggest Mobiliser". The Wire. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
9. "30-seat deal with Left: ISF cleric Abbas Siddiqui". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
10. "Bengal Congress chief Adhir Chowdhury does not want ISF as an ally in future". The Times of India. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
11. "Bombs Recovered From Indian Secular Front Worker's Residence In West Bengal: Police". NDTV.com. Retrieved 26 November 2024.