- Source: Samajwadi Jan Parishad
Samajwadi Jana Parishad (translation: "Socialist People's Council"), is a political party in India.
Foundation
The party was founded in 1995 by late Kishen Pattanayak 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 Mahatma Gandhi, Ram Manohar Lohiya, Jayaprakash Narayan, Ambedkar and Vinoba Bhave. It is active in 15 states. It believes that Globalisation 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
Towards an alternative politics: People’s movements join the electoral process[usurped]
Anti MNC Forum
Indian Socialist leader Jugal Kishore Raibir passes away
[1] Archived 20 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Partai Samajwadi
- Telangana Rashtra Samithi
- Partai Aam Aadmi
- Partai Demokrat Rakyat Jammu dan Kashmir
- Partai Janata
- Shiromani Akali Dal
- Daftar partai politik di India
- Biju Janata Dal
- Shiv Sena
- Front Rakyat Naga
- Samajwadi Jan Parishad
- 2024 Indian general election in Kerala
- Lingaraj (social activist)
- 2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
- Dhanbad Assembly constituency
- 1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
- 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
- Samajwadi Party
- 2019 Indian general election
- Baghmara, Jharkhand Assembly constituency
