The Congress Karma Parishad ('Congress Action Association') was a political party in

Chandernagore Chandannagar french: Chandernagor ), also known by its former name Chandernagore and French name Chandernagor, is a city in the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is headquarter of the Chandannagore subdivision and is part ...

, French India. The Congress Karma Parishad was linked to the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...

. It was supported by Congress Party politicians from

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fou ...

. The party supported integration of Chandernagore with India. Sachin Modak was the secretary of the Congress Karma Parishad. The Congress Karma Parishad won a landslide victory in the August 1948 municipal polls in Chandernagore, capturing 22 out of the 24 seats in the municipal council. The main competitor of the Congress Karma Parishad in the elections, the communists (contesting as the National Democratic Front) were in a weakened position as the Communist Party of India had been banned.Neogy, Ajit K.
Decolonization of French India: Liberation Movement and Indo-French Relations, 1947-1954
'. Pondichéry: Institut français de Pondichéry, 1997. p. 96 During the election campaign the Congress Karma Parishad was supported by the provisional Administrative Council (the governing body of the municipality). After the election, Deben Das became the president of the municipal council of Chandernagore.Neogy, Ajit K.
Decolonization of French India: Liberation Movement and Indo-French Relations, 1947-1954
'. Pondichéry: Institut français de Pondichéry, 1997. p. 96 The Congress Karma Parishad passed a resolution calling for the immediate integration of Chandernagore with India without any plebiscite.Rahman, S. A.
The Beautiful India. Pondicherry
'. New Delhi: Reference Press, 2006. p. 117

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