The Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation (abbreviated:CPI(ML),CPI-ML,CPIML(L),CPI-ML(L),CPI MaLe,or CPIML Liberation) also referred to as the Liberation Group,is a Communist political party in India.
The Indian People's Front (IPF) was a mass front organisation founded in Delhi between 24–26 April 1982. It was conceptualised by Vinod Mishra and it was operated as the open mass front of the CPIML Liberation between 1982–1994. The front primarily worked for the social and economic upliftment of Adivasis,Dalits and impoverished sections of society and mobilised them through the means of unions,rallies and conventions.
Chandrashekar Prasad,popularly known as Chandu and Comrade Chandrashekhar was a student leader and later an activist affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation. He graduated from the Jawaharlal Nehru University,and served as the president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union for two terms. Prasad played a key role in the development of All India Students Association.
Communism in India has existed as a social or political ideology as well as a political movement since at least as early as the 1920s. In its early years,communist ideology was harshly suppressed through legal prohibitions and criminal prosecutions. Eventually,communist parties became ensconced in national party politics,sprouting several political offshoots.
Bagodar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Darauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency in Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes from 2010. Earlier it was an open seat (unreserved). The current MLA of this Legislative Assembly constituency is Satyadeo Ram.
Goreyakothi is a Bihar Legislative Assembly Constituency in Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar. This constituency was formed in 2010 after two blocks of Basantpur constituency were merged with Goreyakothi block and a new constituency was formed. Bhumendra Narayan Singh was the first MLA of this newly formed Goriakothi assembly seat in 2010. Satyadeo Prasad Singh was MLA from this constituency from 2015 to 2020 and Deveshkant Singh became MLA in 2020. Deveshkant Singh is the only fourth generation politician in the Bihar Vidhan sabha. His father Shri Bhumendra Narayan Singh was MLA two terms from here. His grandfather Shri Krishnakant Singh was also an MLA many times,as well as the first MLA of Goriakothi and MP of Maharajganj. Shri Krishnakant was very close to the first chief minister of Bihar,he held several ministerial posts at times such as health,education and many more. He was also the de facto chief minister in the CM tenure of Shri Bhola Paswan. Narayan babu was a 2 time member of the central assembly that used to be in place before India was independent,was a visionary and started the first school in northern Bihar in 1916 the same day when BHU was started. All the above mentioned,KK Singh his son,BN Singh his grandson,and DK Singh his great grandson have followed his footsteps and are involved in social welfare works. Dr Shanti Roy brought more limelight to Goriakothi as she became the first lady doctor from Goriakothi to be conferred the Padam Shree in 2019,she had got her initial education from Narayan karmyogi high school,Goriakothi. Her son Dr Himanshu Roy is a well known doctor all over Bihar.
Amar Nath Yadav, alternatively Amarnath Yadav is an Indian politician and former member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. He is a veteran leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation and a member of the Bihar State Committee of the party. He is also the vice president of the Kisan Mahasabha in Bihar. He is known for his opposition to the erstwhile rule of local strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin and described by a Hindustan Times article as "the only man who stood up to Shahabuddin". He had represented the Darauli constituency from 1995–2000 and from 2005–2010. He rose to prominence in the area after the murder of the student leader Chandrashekhar Prasad in 1997,who died whilst campaigning against Shahabuddin.
Madhavi Sarkar is an Indian politician,who served as a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly 1998–2000.
Satyadev Kushwaha is an Indian politician who is a leader of Janata Dal (United) party and a former member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the assembly from Kurtha in Arwal district. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections he defeated Ashok Kumar Verma of Rashtriya Lok Samata Party.
Mahbub Alam is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Central Committee as well as the Bihar State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation. He has represented the Barsoi and Balrampur constituencies in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Since 1994,he has been arrested numerous times on accusations of murder,and was incarcerated for 17 months in the late 2000s.
Sudama Prasad is an Indian politician and member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. He was elected as the representative of the Tarari constituency in 2015. Prasad is a member of principal state committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation.
Mahagathbandhan (MGB),also known as Grand Alliance,is a coalition of political parties in the Eastern state of Bihar in India,formed ahead of the 2015 Vidhan Sabha elections in Bihar. The alliance consists of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD),Janata Dal (United),Indian National Congress (INC) and Left parties including Communist Party of India (CPI),Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation-CPIML (Liberation) and Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM),with Nitish Kumar as the leader and Tejashwi Yadav as the chairperson. It is the ruling coalition government in Bihar.
Ramesh Singh Kushwaha is an Indian politician. He is State President of Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal,Bihar. He is former member Of Bihar Legislative Assembly from 106th Ziradei constituency in Siwan district.
Umadhar Prasad Singh was an Indian communist politician. Singh was a leader of the student movement in Bihar,and played a role in building the Naxalite movement in the state. He was imprisoned for eight years. After his release he was elected twice to the Bihar Legislative Assembly.
Amarjeet Kushwaha is an Indian activist,lawyer and politician. He was elected as member of Bihar legislative assembly in 2020 from 106th Ziradei constituency. He is a leader in the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation. He was the national president of the Revolutionary Youth Association in India. In 2020 he defeated his near rival Kamla Devi from Ziradei seat with a margin of more than 25000 votes.
Satyadeo Prasad Singh is an Indian politician. He has been MLA from Bihar for more than a decade from Goreyakothi in 2015 and from Basantpur in 2000 and 2005. He is contesting Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections from 1985. He is a senior leader of Janata Dal United and said to be very close to Nitish Kumar.
Leba Chand Tudu;was an Indian Communist politician. In August 1969,he was included in the Bengal-Bihar-Orissa Border Regional Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist). As of 1970 he was the Gopibhallavpur Area Committee secretary of CPI(ML). He emerged as a leader of tribal communities in Jhargram district,and struggled for promotion of Santhali language. Tudu was released from jail in 1977. He contested the Nayagram Assembly constituency seat in the 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. He finishing in third place with 7,071 votes (17.49%). He stood as a candidate in the Jhargram constituency in the 1980 Indian general election,finishing in third place with 29,338 votes (5.97%).
Kushwaha is a surname used by people of Koeri caste in Bihar. The Kushwahas are also known as Maurya,Shakya,Saini in various parts of north India. As per one opinion,the Kushwaha surname is also common among members of Kachhi caste,who later merged with the Koeris to become a single homogeneous community. They are a dominant OBC community,who comprise about 9% of the population of state of Bihar.
Arun Singh is a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Karakat Assembly constituency in Rohtas district. He is a leader of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation. Singh has won the Bihar Assembly elections 2020 from Karakat constituency,securing 79,224 votes. He was able to defeat his nearest political rival and the second runner-up to the assembly elections from this constituency,Rajeshwar Raj of Bhartiya Janata Party with a margin of 16,548 votes. Singh is a political activist as well and he has also contested Bihar Assembly elections earlier in 2010,but was defeated by Rajeswar Raj,who was then a member of Janata Dal (United).
