Awami Front (Popular Front), was a front of six
Muslim political parties in
Uttar Pradesh
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,
India
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. AF was formed ahead of the 2002 state assembly elections.
The initiative of formation the front was taken by Indian Muslim Political Conference (which would later form the
Parcham Party of India
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The Parcham Party of India ( abbreviation : PPI ) is a political party based primarily in the city of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh India. Its aim is to promote the social, economical, and educational development and effective representation of all ...
). The five other constituents were
Indian National League,
National Loktantrik Party,
All India Muslim Forum
All India Muslim Forum is a Muslim political party in India.
It is a Registered Unrecognised Party by the Election Commission of India.
The forum has collaboration with Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation.
The President is ...
,
Muslim Majlis
All India Muslim Majlis( ur, آل انڈیا
مسلم مجلس) is a Muslim political party in India based in Uttar Pradesh.
History
Muslim Majlis was founded by Abdul Jaleel Faridi in 1968, after he had become disillusioned with the Samyukt Vid ...
and
Momin Conference.
Alhaj Sheikh, the president of Momin Conference, was elected chairman of AF.
NLP and Muslim Majlis later disengaged from the front, and by the time of the
2004 Lok Sabha elections
General elections were held in India in four phases between 20 April and 10 May 2004. Over 670 million people were eligible to vote, electing 543 members of the 14th Lok Sabha. Seven states also held assembly elections to elect state governme ...
it was largely defunct.
Defunct political parties in Uttar Pradesh
2002 establishments in Uttar Pradesh
Political parties established in 2002
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