Peasants and Workers Party of India

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Peasants and Workers Party of India
General Secretary Jayant Patil
Founded13 June 1948(76 years ago) (1948-06-13) [1]
HeadquartersGovt. Kutir, Opp. Mantralaya, VV Road, Nariman Point, Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Youth wing Purogami Yuvak Sanghatna
Labour wingAll India Workers Trade Union
Ideology Communism
Marxism-Leninism
Political position Left-wing to far-left
ECI StatusRegistered Party [2]
Alliance
Seats in  Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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Seats in  Maharashtra Legislative Council [5]
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The Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP) is a Marxist political party in Maharashtra, India. The party was founded in 1948, [6] having its roots from the pre-Independence period and has around 10,000 members. [7] The influence of the party is largely limited to three districts. The party was founded in Maharashtra by Keshavrao Jedhe of Pune, Shankarrao More, Bhausaheb Raut of Mumbai, Nana Patil of Satara, Tulshidas Jadhav of Solapur, Dajiba Desai of Belgaum, Madhavrao Bagal of Kolhapur, P K Bhapkar and Datta Deshmukh of Ahmednagar, Vithalrao Hande and others. [8] [9]

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A former member of the Legislative Council of Maharashtra, [10] Jayant Prabhakar Patil is general secretary of the party. The party has 1 MLA and no MLC. [5] The party has a strong hold on Raigad District as well as party has Zilla Parishad members in 6 districts of Maharashtra, namely Raigad, Solapur, Nashik, Nagpur, Nanded and Parabhani.

The student organization of the party is called Purogami Yuvak Sanghatna.

The trade union of the party is called All India Workers Trade Union, All India Insurance Workers Union and its Trade Union Federation is Progressive Workers and Peasants of India. Comrade Janardan Singh is General Secretary of these trade unions and trade union federation. The party has played a very important role in Samyukta Maharashtra Movement under the leadership of Bhausaheb Raut, Uddhavrao Patil, Dajiba Desai. Most important meetings of this movement and coordination took place at the Mumbai -Koliwadi, Girgaum bungalow of Shri Bhausaheb Raut.

In the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election at age 88, Ganpatrao Deshmukh of the party won the Sangole constituency for record 11th time with 94,374 votes, defeating Shahajibapu Patil of Shiv Sena by 25,224 votes, while the NCP did not field a candidate against him. [11] [12] [13]

Prominent leaders

Strength in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

For the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 2019, the party fielded 24 candidates out of which Shyamsundar Dagdoji Shinde won the Loha Assembly constituency seat by a margin of 64,362 votes. This makes Shinde the only Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (MLA) from PWP.

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  2. ↑ "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Patil is supported by the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the NCP and Congress". ThePrint . 11 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "NCP, Congress to contest 2019 Lok Sabha polls with Peasants and Workers Party of India: Sharad Pawar". Hindustan Times. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  5. 1 2 http://mls.org.in/PDF2024/monsoon/list-of-member-council.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
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  10. ↑ "Loss won't change my stand, still with MVA: Jayant Patil". The Times of India. 14 July 2024. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Ganpatrao Deshmukh creates record". The Indian Express. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "Ganpatrao Deshmukh: Longest-serving MLA in Maharashtra scores a record 11th win". The Economic Times. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  13. ↑ "Constituency". Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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