Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) is a

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. It was founded in its inaugural conference held from 1–3 November 1980 at Shaheed Kartar Singh Saraba village in Ludhiana, Punjab. DYFI was formed as an independent youth organization with ties to leftist ideologies. Over time, it has become the youth wing of the

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. DYFI identifies itself to be an independent organisation. Former

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chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee who was a former secretary of Bengal fraction, and a founder Central Committee member of DYFI, Manik Sarkar – the former chief minister of

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– was a vice president of the organisation, and M. Vijayakumar who was the speaker of

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

legislative assembly was once former all-India president of DYFI. In 2021,

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, a former all-India president of DYFI was elected as the Speaker of Kerala legislative assembly. As of 2012, DYFI had a membership of 2.2 million which rose from 1.4 million in 2011. The annual membership fee of DYFI is a meager Rs. 2 and is open to all youth between the age 15 and 40 irrespective of their political ideology.

Affiliations

DYFI is a member of World Federation of Democratic Youth. The DYFI affiliate in Jammu and Kashmir is called Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Youth Federation. In

there is a separate body, affiliated to DYFI, called Tribal Youth Federation.

History

The organisation was formed on 3 November 1980 from its inaugural conference held at Saheed Kartar Singh Saraba Village, Ludhiana, Punjab from 31 October to 3 November. On 25 November 1994, five members of DYFI were killed after being shot by state police force during a protest against the commercialisation of higher education at Kuthuparamba in Kannur district,

, while one was paralysed.

Publications

At the national level, DYFI publishes the magazine ''Naujawan Drishti'' (Youth Vision). On the state level there are various publications, such as ''Jubashakti'' (Youth Power) in

, ''Yuvadhara'' (Youth Stream) in Kerala, ''Izhaingar Muzhakkam'' in

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, and ''Yuvasangharsh'' (Youth Struggle) in

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