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Krantikari Samyavadi Party (translation: Revolutionary Communist Party) was an Indian political party in the state of Bihar, originated as a splinter group from Communist Party of India.
In the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election KSP won two seats backed by Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD while contesting with seven candidates. [1] [2]
The relation with Rashtriya Janata Dal was later broken. In the Lok Sabha elections 2004 KSP had launched a candidate in Madhubani, who got 6948 votes (1% of the votes in that constituency). KSVP participates in the Confederation of Indian Communists and Democratic Socialists.
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