Samajwadi Jana Parishad (

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: "Socialist People's Council"), is a

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Foundation

The party was founded in 1995 by late

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and many grassroot level political organisations who believed in creating an alternative political culture. Active members of the party cannot have any association with foreign funded NGOs. The ideology of the party is based upon the thoughts of

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, Ram Manohar Lohiya,

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and

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. It is active in 15 states. It believes that

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is a counter-revolution phase and hence associates itself with anti-globalisation struggles. It has involved in many historic struggles in various parts of India such as Mehdiganj, Mau (UP), Betul, Kesla (MP), Niyamgiri, Jagjitsinghpur-POSCO (Odisha), Jalpaiguri (North Bengal), Kudankulam (Tamil Nadu) etc... This was the only party to have protested and almost barged into the Commonwealth Games Office at Central Delhi protesting against the huge spending by the Govt. The party is very close to many popular people's movements. It is a founding member of the National Alliance of People's Movements N A P M.

Party structure

In the 11th national council held at Jateswar, Alipurduar (West Bengal) on 29,30 April & 1 May 2017. the following are elected as its new office bearers. * President: Lingaraj Azad * Vice Presidents: *# Adv Kamal Bannerjee *# Adv Joshy Jacob * General Secretary: Aflatoon (Uttar Pradesh) * Organizing Secretary: Ranjit Kr Roy (West Bengal) * Secretaries: Phagh Ram (Madhya Pradesh), Prof Mahesh Vikram (UP), Tara Jadhav (Maharashtra), Atul Kumar (Delhi) * Treasurer: Dr. Chandra Bhusan Choudhary (Jharkhand)

Electoral records

It has been participating and contesting in general elections, but has not won any seats in the Rajyasabha or Loksabha or state assembly elections.

Madhya Pradesh - 2003

The party took part in Madhya Pradesh elections, with four candidates: * Mangal Sing for Ghora Dongri * Fagram - Itarsi * Shamim Modi - Harda * Ajay Khare - Rewa

Maharashtra - 2004

Sayeed Kasam Sayeed Jamruddin 192-Gangapur

Position in state and national politics

References

External links

The Socialist

समाजवादी जन परिषद
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Anti MNC Forum
* Indian Socialist leader Jugal Kishore Raibir passes away

{{Indian political parties Socialist parties in India Democratic socialist parties in Asia Political parties established in 1995