Indian People's Front | |
|---|---|
| President | Nagbhushan Patnaik[1] |
| Secretary | Dipankar Bhattacharya[2] |
| Founder | Vinod Mishra |
| Founded | April 1982 |
| Dissolved | 1994 |
The Indian People's Front (IPF) was a mass front organisation founded in Delhi between 24–26 April 1982. It was conceptualised by Vinod Mishra and it was operated as the open mass front of the CPIML Liberation between 1982–1994. The front primarily worked for the social and economic upliftment of Adivasis, Dalits and impoverished sections of society and mobilised them through the means of unions, rallies and conventions.
It had a significant presence in the state of Bihar (including present day Jharkhand) and also operated in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and West Bengal attempting to project itself as a national party. It was disbanded when the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation began contesting elections on its own, inheriting its organisation.
The leadership of the front included Nagbhushan Patnaik and Dipankar Bhattacharya.[3] The chairperson of the Autonomous State Demand Committee, Jayanta Rongpi was also a member of the central committee. The central committee also included Rameshwar Prasad and Ganauri Azad Harijan, among others.
- ^ JPRS Report: Near East & South Asia, Issue 92061. United States: Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1987. p. 50.
- ^ Chand, Attar (1992). President Shankar Dayal Sharma, the Scholar and the Statesman. New Delhi: Anmol Publication. p. 128. ISBN 8-17041-678-7.
- ^ Farz, Ahmed (31 March 1994). "Indian People's Front loses its status as a political party". India Today. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
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