Lal Nishan Party (Leninvadi) (Red Flag Party (Leninist)) was a communist

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in the

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. LNP(L) was formed a splinter group of Lal Nishan Party in 1988. LNP(L) was critical to that LNP had gotten closer to the

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and the

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. • LNP(L) was mainly concentrated to trade union activism. The trade union organization of the party is called Sarva Shramik Sanghathan. The strongest base of LNP(L) is in

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. In general, LNP(L) does not contest elections in the current years. Its President was Madhukar Katre. • LNP(L) had maintained good relation with some ML Fraction groups specially with

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and Red Flag. • The party was led by Ashok Manohar until his death in 2003. After the dead of Ashok Manohar the party is led by Bhimrao Bansod. • Ahead of the

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elections 2004 LNP(L) supported the candidates of

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. • LNP(L) published ''Leninwadi Lalnishan'' monthly paper from

the city of '

• On 31 May 2025, LNP(L) merged with CPIML Liberation.https://sarkarnama.esakal.com/amp/story/maharashtra/uttar-maharashtra/lal-nishan-party-merger-communist-party-india-shrirampur-ahilyanagar-pp82

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