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The Marxist Manch (Marxist Platform) is a political party in Assam, India, which emerged as a local splinter group of Communist Party of India (Marxist). [1] The party has some base in the Ratabari assembly constituency, where it has entered into electoral cooperation with Asom Gana Parishad. [2] [3] The party was divided in two factions, but reunited ahead of a 2003 bypoll in Ratabari. Abdul Khalik Bangal became president of the party and Chinmoy Choudhury general secretary after reunification. [1]

Marxist Manch took part in the founding of the Confederation of Indian Communists and Democratic Socialists in 2002. [4]

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