Lal Nishan Party (Red Flag Party, LNP) was a

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in the Indian state of

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. It was founded in 1965. The LNP's main work was trade union activism. The trade union of the party was called Sarva Shramik Sangh (SSS). The party publication was called ''Nave Parva''. Earlier, SSS published a

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daily newspaper from Pune called ''Shramik Vichar''. During the 1980s, the LNP developed a close cooperation with Kamgar Aghadi. In 1988, a split occurred when a hardline section, critical of the

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, broke away and formed the

Lal Nishan Party (Leninvadi) Lal Nishan Party (Leninvadi) (Red Flag Party (Leninist)) was a communist political party in the Indian state of Maharashtra. LNP(L) was formed a splinter group of Lal Nishan Party in 1988. LNP(L) was critical to that LNP had gotten closer to th ...

. The LNP participated in the Confederation of Indian Communists and Democratic Socialists. In 2017 August, the LNP merged with the

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{{reflist Political parties in Maharashtra Defunct communist parties in India Communist Party of India breakaway groups Political parties established in 1965 Political parties disestablished in 2017 2017 disestablishments in India